"I went to the Garden of Love, And saw what I never had seen: A Chapel was built in the midst, Where I used to play on the green. And the gates of this Chapel were shut, And 'Thou shalt not' writ over the door; So I turn'd to the Garden of Love, That so many sweet flowers bore. And I saw it was filled with graves, And tomb-stones where flowers should be: And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires."

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William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker, and a foundational figure of British Romanticism. Born in London on 1757-11-28, he produced visionary works including Songs of Innocence and of Experience and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. He died in London on 1827-08-12.

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