Living
Song by a Shepherd
From Poetical Sketches (1783)
Living
Welcome, stranger, to this place,
Where joy doth sit on every bough,
Paleness flies from every face;
We reap not what we do not sow.
Innocence doth like a rose
Bloom on every maiden's cheek;
Honour twines around her brows,
The jewel health adorns her neck.
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MLA
Blake, William. “Song by a Shepherd.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/108/.
Chicago
Blake, William. “Song by a Shepherd.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/108/.
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