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TO S-----D (2) by WILLIAM BLAKE

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First Line: YOU ALL YOUR YOUTH OBSERVED THE GOLDEN RULE
Last Line: MINE IS THE FLESH THE BONES MAY BE YOUR SHARE
Subject(s): BIBLE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MYTHOLOGY; STOTHARD, THOMAS (1755-1834); CONDUCT OF LIFE; HUMAN NATURE;
You all your Youth observed the Golden Rule
Till youre at last become the golden Fool
I sport with Fortune Merry Blithe & Gay
Like to the Lion Sporting with his Prey
Take you the hide & horns which you may wear
Mine is the flesh the bones may be your Share




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