Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG FIRST BY A SHEPHERD, by WILLIAM BLAKE


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First Line: Welcome, stranger, to this place
Last Line: The jewel health adorns her neck.
Subject(s): Bible; Mythology


Welcome stranger to this place,
Where joy doth sit on every bough,
Paleness flies from every face,
We reap not, what we do not sow.

Innocence doth like a Rose,
Bloom on every Maidens cheek;
Honor twines around her brows,
The jewel Health adorns her neck.





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