A Divine Image by William Blake

A Divine Image

by William Blake

“Fire01”
Photo taken by Flickr.com user “jetnoizz”
January 1, 2007
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Cruelty has a human heart,
And Jealousy a human face;
Terror the human form divine,
And Secresy the human dress.

The human dress is forged iron,
The human form a fiery forge,
The human face a furnace sealed,
The human heart its hungry gorge.

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