Several Questions Answered

William Blake XVII 1 [Eternity] HE who bends to himself a Joy
Doth the wingèd life destroy;
But he who kisses the Joy as it flies
Lives in Eternity’s sunrise.
2 The look of love alarms,	5
Because it’s fill’d with fire;
But the look of soft deceit
Shall win the lover’s hire.
3 Soft deceit and idleness,
These are Beauty’s sweetest dress.	10
4 [The Question answered] What is it men in women do require?
The lineaments of gratified desire.
What is it women do in men require?
The lineaments of gratified desire.
5 An ancient Proverb Remove away that black’ning church,	15
Remove away that marriage hearse,
Remove away that man of blood—
You’ll quite remove the ancient curse.