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AN EPITAPH by WILLIAM BLAKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: COME KNOCK YOUR HEADS AGAINST THIS STONE
Last Line: FOR SORROW THAT POOR JOHN THOMPSON'S GONE.
Subject(s): BIBLE; EPITAPHS; MYTHOLOGY;

Come knock your heads against this stone
For sorrow that poor John Thompson's gone.



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