The Divine Image

William BlakeWilliam Blake

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To Mercy Pity Peace and Love.
All pray in their distress:
And to these virtues of delight
Return their thankfulness.For Mercy Pity Peace and Love,
Is God our Father dear:
And Mercy Pity Peace and Love,
Is Man his child and care.For Mercy has a human heart
Pity, a human face:
And Love, the human form divine,
And Peace, the human dress.Then every man of every clime,
That prays in his distress,
Prays to the human form divine
Love Mercy Pity Peace,And all must love the human form.
In heathen, Turk or jew,
Where Mercy, Love and Pity dwell,
There God is dwelling too.
William Blake
About the poet

William Blake

William Blake was born in London on November 28, 1757, to James, a hosier, and Catherine Blake. Two of his six siblings died in infancy. From early childhood, Blake spoke of having visions—at four he saw God "put his head to the window"; around age nine, whil…

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