The Mind
There souls of men are bought & sold
From The Rossetti Manuscript (c. 1793–1818)
The Mind
There souls of men are bought & sold,
And milk fed infancy for gold;
And youth to slaughter houses led,
And beauty, for a bit of bread.
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MLA
Blake, William. “There souls of men are bought & sold.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/135/.
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Blake, William. “There souls of men are bought & sold.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/135/.
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