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MOTTO TO THE SONGS OF INNOCENCE & OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE GOOD ARE ATTRACTED BY MEN'S PERCEPTIONS
Last Line: AND THE EAGLE IS KNOWN FROM THE OWL
Subject(s): BIBLE; MYTHOLOGY;

The Good are attracted by Mens perceptions
And Think not for themselves
Till Experience teaches them to catch
And to cage the Fairies & Elves

And then the Knave begins to snarl
And the Hypocrite to howl
And all his good Friends shew their private ends
And the Eagle is known from the Owl



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