The Garden of Love

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1. I went to the Garden of Love,
2. And saw what I never had seen;
3. A Chapel was built in the midst,
4. Where I used to play on the green.
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6. And the gates of this Chapel were shut,
7. And ‘Thou shalt not’ writ over the door;
8. So I turned to the Garden of Love
9. That so many sweet flowers bore.
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11. And I saw it was filled with graves,
12. And tombstones where flowers should be;
13. And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,
14. And binding with briars my joys and desires.