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Is this a holy thing to see In a rich and fruitful land, Babes reduced to misery Fed with cold and usurous hand? Is that trembling cry a song?

Is it a holy thing, in a wealthy, fertile country, to see miserable and penniless children offered heartless, miserly, self-interested charity? Are the ...

The themes are poverty, selfishness, and Christianity. The poet implies that no one is truly Christian who is willing to sit by and watch poor children suffer ...

Holy Thursday (Songs of Experience) Lyrics. Is this a holy thing to see. In a rich and fruitful land,— Babes reduced to misery, Fed with cold and usurous hand ...

The poem begins with a series of questions: how holy is the sight of children living in misery in a prosperous country? Might the children's “cry,” as they sit ...

"Holy Thursday" is a poem by William Blake, first published in Songs of Innocence and Experience in 1794. This poem, unlike its companion poem in "Songs of ...

Mar 28, 2024 · Is this a holy thing to see. In a rich and fruitful land,— Babes reduced to misery, Fed with cold and usurous hand? What could be seen as ...

Is this a holy thing to see. In a rich and fruitful land. Babes reduced to misery. Fed with cold and usurous hand? Is that trembling cry a song?

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