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William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908.

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There souls of men are bought and sold

VIII
THERE souls of men are bought and sold,

And milk-fed Infancy for gold;

And Youth to slaughter-houses led,

And Beauty, for a bit of bread.