<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=38380" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Human Abstract</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Pity would be no more<br>If we did not make somebody Poor;<br>And Mercy no more could be<br>If all were as happy as we.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And mutual fear brings peace,<br>Till the selfish loves increase:<br>Then Cruelty knits a snare,<br>And spreads his baits with care.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He sits down with holy fears,<br>And waters the ground with tears;<br>Then Humility takes its root<br>Underneath his foot.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Soon spreads the dismal shade<br>Of Mystery over his head;<br>And the Catterpillar and Fly<br>Feed on the Mystery.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And it bears the fruit of Deceit,<br>Ruddy and sweet to eat;<br>And the Raven his nest has made<br>In its thickest shade.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Gods of the earth and sea<br>Sought thro' Nature to find this Tree;<br>But their search was all in vain:<br>There grows one in the Human Brain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Blake">William Blake</a> from <i>Songs of Experience</i><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=38380" data-title="The Human Abstract de William Blake" data-description="Pity would be no more/If we did not make somebody Poor;/And Mercy no more could be/If all were as happy as we./And mutual fear brings peace,/Till the selfish loves increase:/Then Cruelty knits a snare,/And spreads his baits with care./He sits down..."></div> </div> </div>

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