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

Gnomic Verses

O lapwing! thou fliest around the heath

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O LAPWING! thou fliest around the heath,

Nor seest the net that is spread beneath.

Why dost thou not fly among the corn fields?

They cannot spread nets where a harvest yields.