Living
The Angel that presided at my birth
From Poems, ed. Alice Meynell (1911)
Living
The Angel that presided at my birth
Said: "Little creature, formed of joy and mirth,
Go, live without the help of any thing on earth."
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Blake, William. “The Angel that presided at my birth.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/98/.
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Blake, William. “The Angel that presided at my birth.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/98/.
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