William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908.
Poems from the Rossetti MS.: Earlier PoemsTo Nobodaddy
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Father of Jealousy?
Why dost thou hide thyself in clouds
From every searching eye?
In all thy words and laws,
That none dare eat the fruit but from
The wily Serpent’s jaws?
Or is it because secrecy gains females’ loud applause?