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The second of my talks on Blake, this is on the Songs of Innocence and Experience. There is a slight drop out towards the end of this file. here is the text of the poem i'm reading so you can get the missing lines:\n\nTHE CLOD AND THE PEBBLE\n\n\u2018Love seeketh not itself to please,\nNor for itself hath any care,\nBut for another gives its ease,\nAnd builds a heaven in hell\u2019s despair.\u2019\nSo sung a little clod of clay,\nTrodden with the cattle\u2019s feet,\nBut a pebble of the brook\nWarbled out these metres meet:\n\n\u2018Love seeketh only Self to please,\nTo bind another to its delight,\nJoys in another\u2019s loss of ease,\nAnd builds a hell in heaven\u2019s despite.\u2019