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ON H----YS FRIENDSHIP by WILLIAM BLAKE

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First Line: WHEN H----Y FINDS OUT WHAT YOU CANNOT DO
Last Line: HIRED A VILLAIN TO BEREAVE MY LIFE
Subject(s): BIBLE; FRIENDSHIP; HAYLEY, WILLIAM (1745-1820); MYTHOLOGY;

When H -- -- y finds out what you cannot do
That is the Very thing hell set you to
If you break not your Neck tis not his fault
But pecks of poison are not pecks of salt
And when he could not act upon my wife
Hired a Villain to bereave my Life



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