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Man was made for joy and woe, And when this we rightly know Through the world we safely… — William Blake

Poem

Man was made for joy and woe, And when this we rightly know Through the world we safely go.

William Blake
1805
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Topic
The human conditionWisdomHappinessSadness
Medium
Poem
Time
1805
Person
William Blake
Provenance
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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