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The Garden of Love Lyrics
I WENT TO THE GARDEN OF LOVE.
AND SAW WHAT I NEVER HAD SEEN:
A CHAPEL WAS BUILT IN THE MIDST,
WHERE I USED TO PLAY ON THE GREEN.
AND THE GATES OF THIS CHAPEL WERE SHUT,
AND YOU SHALL NOT, WRIT OVER THE DOOR;
SO I TURNED TO THE GARDEN OF LOVE,
THAT SO MANY SWEET FLOWERS BORE,
AND I SAW IT WAS FILLED WITH GRAVES,
AND TOMB-STONES WHERE FLOWERS SHOULD BE
IN MY OLD SECRET PLACE.
AND PRIESTS IN BLACK GOWNS, WERE WALKING THEIR SACRED ROUNDS,
AND BINDING WITH BRIARS, MY ANCIENT JOYS & ALL THOSE DESIRES
I WILL NEVER DISAPPOINT MY PROUD SOUL, I WILL NEVER DO IT ANYMORE
William Blake (The Garden of Love)
AND SAW WHAT I NEVER HAD SEEN:
A CHAPEL WAS BUILT IN THE MIDST,
WHERE I USED TO PLAY ON THE GREEN.
AND YOU SHALL NOT, WRIT OVER THE DOOR;
SO I TURNED TO THE GARDEN OF LOVE,
THAT SO MANY SWEET FLOWERS BORE,
AND TOMB-STONES WHERE FLOWERS SHOULD BE
IN MY OLD SECRET PLACE.
William Blake (The Garden of Love)
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Submitted by
europeanjazz On Jul 06, 2015
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