We are led to believe a lie
When we see not thro' the eye,
Which was born in a night to perish in a night,
When the soul slept in beams of light.

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Text Authorship:

• by William Blake (1757 - 1827), no title, appears in Auguries of Innocence, no. 33 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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• by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Every Night and every Morn", op. 74 no. 14, from Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, no. 14
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