History & Politics
The Sword sang on the barren heath
From Poems, ed. Alice Meynell (1911)
History & Politics
The Sword sang on the barren heath,
The Sickle in the fruitful field:
The Sword he sang a song of death,
But could not make the Sickle yield.
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Blake, William. “The Sword sang on the barren heath.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/93/.
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Blake, William. “The Sword sang on the barren heath.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/93/.
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