A POISON TREE
by: William Blake (1757-1827)
- WAS
angry with my friend:
- I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
- I was angry with my foe:
- I told it not, my wrath did grow.
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- And I watered it in fears,
- Night and morning with my tears;
- And I sunnèd it with smiles,
- And with soft deceitful wiles.
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- And it grew both day and night,
- Till it bore an apple bright;
- And my foe beheld it shine,
- And he knew that it was mine,
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- And into my garden stole,
- When the night had veiled the pole:
- In the morning glad I see
- My foe outstretched beneath the tree.
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