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COUCH OF DEATH by WILLIAM BLAKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE VEILED EVENING WALKED SOLITARY DOWN THE WESTERN HILLS
Last Line: OVER THE COUCH OF DEATH, AND THE YOUTH BREATHES OUT HIS SOUL WITH JOY INTO ETERNITY
Subject(s): BIBLE; MYTHOLOGY; PLAGUE;

Poem Sources:

THE COMPLETE POETRY AND PROSE OF WILLIAM BLAKE. NEWLY REVISED EDITION, EDITED BY DAVID V. ERDMAN.
  BLAKE, WILLIAM
  (1988)
 
POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM BLAKE. JOHN SAMPSON.
  BLAKE, WILLIAM
  (1913)
 



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