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" And all the arts of life they changd into the arts of death
The hour glass contemnd because its simple workmanship
Was as the workmanship of the plowman & the water wheel
That raises water into Cisterns broken & burnd in fire
Because its workmanship was like the workmanship of the Shepherd
And in their stead intricate wheels invented Wheel without wheel
To perplex youth in their outgoings & to bind to labours
Of day & night the myriads of Eternity. that they might file
And polish brass & iron hour after hour laborious workmanship
Kept ignorant of the use that they might spend the days of wisdom
In sorrowful drudgery to obtain a scanty pittance of bread
In ignorance to view a small portion & think that All
And call it Demonstration blind to all the simple rules of life "

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William Blake quote : And all the arts of life they changd into the arts of death<br />The hour glass contemnd because its simple workmanship<br />Was as the workmanship of the plowman & the water wheel<br />That raises water into Cisterns broken & burnd in fire<br />Because its workmanship was like the workmanship of the Shepherd<br />And in their stead intricate wheels invented Wheel without wheel<br />To perplex youth in their outgoings & to bind to labours<br />Of day & night the myriads of Eternity. that they might file<br />And polish brass & iron hour after hour laborious workmanship<br />Kept ignorant of the use that they might spend the days of wisdom<br />In sorrowful drudgery to obtain a scanty pittance of bread<br />In ignorance to view a small portion & think that All<br />And call it Demonstration blind to all the simple rules of life