The human abstract

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The Human Abstract
(William Blake)

Pity would be no more,
If we did not make somebody Poor:
And Mercy no more could be,
If all were as happy as we;

And mutual fear brings peace;
Till the selfish loves increase.
Then Cruelty knits a snare,
And spreads his baits with care.

He sits down with holy fears,
And waters the ground with tears:
Then Humility takes its root
Underneath his foot.

Soon spreads the dismal shade
Of Mystery over his head;
And the Catterpiller and Fly,
Feed on the Mystery.

And it bears the fruit of Deceit,
Ruddy and sweet to eat;
And the Raven his nest has made
In its thickest shade.

The Gods of the earth and sea,
Sought thro’ Nature to find this Tree
But their search was all in vain:
There grows one in the Human Brain

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from Blake, released November 28, 2014
lead vocal, guitars, bass guitar human percussion: fabio Pappacena
keyboards, strings arrangement human percussion: GiacomoVezzani
baking vocals: Elsa Bossi

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Pappacena/Vezzani Rome, Italy

Our modern songs took their shape from Blake’s corpora, including Songs of Innocence and of Experience, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and and almost all of them have been initially composed for guitar and voice, in order to testify that the complete works of William Blake don’t fall under the wear and tear of time and it’s now as then beating fast with a ceaseless truth. ... more

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