A Divine Image

by William Blake

Cruelty has a human heart,
    And Jealousy a human face;
Terror the human form divine,
    And Secrecy the human dress.

The human dress is forgèd iron,
    The human form a fiery forge,
The human face a furnace sealed,
    The human heart its hungry gorge.


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