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THE VOICE OF THE ANCIENT BARD, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE

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First Line: YOUTH OF DELIGHT! COME HITHER
Last Line: AND WISH TO LEAD OTHERS, WHEN THEY SHOULD BE LED.
Subject(s): BIBLE; MYTHOLOGY;
Youth of delight! come hither
And see the opening morn,
Image of Truth new-born.
Doubt is fled, and clouds of reason,
Dark disputes and artful teazing.
Folly is an endless maze;
Tangled roots perplex her ways;
How many have fallen there!
They stumble all night over bones of the dead;
And feel -- they know not what but care;
And wish to lead others, when they should be led.



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