William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908.
Songs of ExperienceThe Garden of Love
I
And saw what I never had seen:
A Chapel was built in the midst,
Where I used to play on the green.
And ‘Thou shalt not’ writ over the door;
So I turn’d to the Garden of Love
That so many sweet flowers bore;
And tomb-stones where flowers should be;
And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,
And binding with briars my joys and desires.