The First Book of Urizen
by William Blake
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2. Till the shrunken eyes, clouded over,
Discern'd not the woven hipocrisy.
But the streaky slime in their heavens,
Brought together by narrowing perceptions,
Appear'd transparent air; for their eyes
Grew small like the eyes of a man,
And in reptile forms shrinking together,
Of seven feet stature they remain'd.
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