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“Memory, hither come …” by William Blake 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (28 Nov 1757 – 12 Aug 1827)
Memory, hither come,
And tune your merry notes;
And, while upon the wind
Your music floats,
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I’ll pore upon the stream
Where sighing lovers dream,
And fish for fancies as they pass
Within the watery glass.
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I’ll drink of the clear stream,
And hear the linnet’s song;
And there I’ll lie and dream
The day along:
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And, when night comes, I’ll go
To places fit for woe,
Walking along the darken’d valley
With silent Melancholy.