Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SWORD AND THE SICKLE, by WILLIAM BLAKE


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First Line: The sword sung on the barren heath
Last Line: But could not make the sickle yield
Variant Title(s): "the Sword Sung On The Barren Heath"";
Subject(s): Bible; Mythology; Peace


The sword sung on the barren heath
The sickle in the fruitful field
The sword he sung a song of death
But could not make the sickle yield





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