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THE SWORD AND THE SICKLE by WILLIAM BLAKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE SWORD SUNG ON THE BARREN HEATH
Last Line: BUT COULD NOT MAKE THE SICKLE YIELD
Subject(s): BIBLE; MYTHOLOGY; PEACE;

The sword sung on the barren heath
The sickle in the fruitful field
The sword he sung a song of death
But could not make the sickle yield



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