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Слушать(AI)The Fly
Little Fly,
Thy summer's
My thoughtless
Has brushed away.
Am not IA fly like thee?
Or art not thouA man like me?
For I
And drink, and sing,
Till some blind
Shall brush my wing.
If thought is
And strength and
And the
Of thought is death;
Then am IA happy fly,
If I live,
Or if I die.illustrated by William Blake in "Songs of Innocence and of Experience", 1794
William Blake
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake
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