Everything that lives, Lives not alone, nor for itself.

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Everything that lives, Lives not alone, nor for itself.

William Blake

1789

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Interconnectedness of all things Nature of life Life

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Poem

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1789

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William Blake

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Blake, William. "The Book of Thel." Blake: Poems, edited by Peter Washington. Everyman's Library, 1994.

Original citation

Blake, William. The Book of Thel. London, c. 1789.

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