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The Clod and the Pebble

William Blake·1757–1827
Lines:12Movement:Romanticism
"Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care,But for another gives it ease, And builds a heaven in hell's despair." So sang a little clod of clay, Trodden with the cattle's feet,But a pebble of the brook Warbled out these metres meet: "Love seeketh only Self to please, To bind another to its delight,Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a hell in heaven's despite."