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A Truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the Lies you can invent — William Blake

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A Truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the Lies you can invent

William Blake
Auguries of Innocence · 1803
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Topic
Truth and liesTruthLies
Medium
Poem
Time
1803
Person
William Blake
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Current citation
Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.
Original citation
Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

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