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William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908.

Poems from the Rossetti MS.: Earlier Poems

Motto to the Songs of Innocence and of Experience

THE GOOD are attracted by men’s perceptions,

And think not for themselves;

Till Experience teaches them to catch

And to cage the fairies and elves.

And then the Knave begins to snarl,

And the Hypocrite to howl;

And all his good friends show their private ends,

And the eagle is known from the owl.