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The Bibelot

VOLUME I

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From The Bibelot, A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, chosen in part from scarce editions and sources not generally known, Volume I, Testimonial Edition, Edited and Originally Published by Thomas B. Mosher, Portland, Maine; Wm. Wise & Co.; New York; 1895; p. 4.

I.  LYRICS FROM WILLIAM BLAKE




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HE came to the desert of London town,
Grey miles long;
He wandered up and he wandered down,
    Singing a quiet song.


He came to the desert of London town,
    Mirk miles broad;
He wandered up and he wandered down,
    Ever alone with God.


There were thousands and thousands of human kind
    In this desert of brick and stone;
But some were deaf and some were blind,
    And he was there alone.


At length the good hour came; he died
    As he had lived, alone:
He was not missed from the desert wide,
    Perhaps he was found at the Throne.


JAMES THOMSON















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