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" Love seeketh not Itself to please
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives its ease
And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.'

So sung 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. "

William Blake , Songs of Innocence and of Experience


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William Blake quote : Love seeketh not Itself to please<br />Nor for itself hath any care,<br />But for another gives its ease<br />And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.'<br /><br />So sung a little Clod of Clay<br />Trodden with the cattle's feet,<br />But a Pebble of the brook<br />Warbled out these metres meet:<br /><br />'Love seeketh only Self to please,<br />To bind another to Its delight,<br />Joys in another's loss of ease,<br />And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite.