Poem by William Blake

A Divine Image

Cruelty has a human heart,
And Jealousy a human face;
Terror the human form divine,
And Secrecy the human dress.

The human dress is forged iron,
The human form a fiery forge,
The human face a furnace sealed,
The human heart its hungry gorge.

1. Songs of Experience. Nurse's Song
2. Songs of Experience. The Sick Rose
3. To the Accuser Who Is the God of This World
4. Eternity
5. A Cradle Song (Sleep, sleep, beauty bright)

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