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[To] William Hayley Esqre, Eartham,
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near Chichester, Sussex
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Lambeth May 6 1800.
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Dear Sir
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I am very sorry for your immense loss, which is a repetition
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of what all feel in this valley of misery & happiness mixed--I
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send the Shadow of the departed Angel. hope the likeness is
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improved. The lip I have again lessened as you advised & done a
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good many other softenings to the whole--I know that our
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deceased friends are more really with us than when they were
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apparent to our mortal part. Thirteen years ago. I lost a
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brother & with his spirit I converse daily & hourly in the
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Spirit. & See him in my remembrance in the regions of my
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Imagination. I hear his advice & even now write from his
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Dictate--Forgive me for expressing to you my Enthusiasm which I
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wish all to partake of Since it is to me a Source of Immortal
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Joy even in this world by it I am the companion of Angels. May
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you continue to be so more & more & to be more & more perswaded.
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that every Mortal loss is an Immortal Gain. The Ruins of Time
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builds Mansions in Eternity.--I have also sent A Proof of
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Pericles for your Remarks thanking you for the kindness with
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which you Express them & feeling heartily your Grief with a
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brothers Sympathy
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I remain Dear Sir Your humble Servant
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WILLIAM BLAKE