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Auguries of Innocence & Eternity (mindfulness remix)
with deepest gratitude to William Blake

Joy & Woe are woven fine
A clothing for the soul divine
For under every grief and pine
Runs a joy with silken twine

She who binds to herself a joy
Does the wingèd Life destroy
But she who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity’s sun rise

He who shuns a passing sorrow
Invites three to call tomorrow
But he who greets Sorrow on his step
Lives a life without regret

It is right it should be so
For we were made for Joy & Woe
And when this we rightly know
Thro’ the World we safely go



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