I heard an Angel Singing <br />When the day was springing: <br />"Mercy, pity, and peace, <br />Are the world's release." <br /> <br />So he sang all day <br />Over the new-mown hay, <br />Till the sun went down, <br />And the haycocks looked brown. <br /> <br />I heard a devil curse <br />Over the heath and the furse: <br />"Mercy vould be no more <br />If there were nobody poor, <br />And pity no more could be <br />If all were happy as ye: <br />And mutual fear brings peace, <br />Misery's increase <br />Are mercy, pity, and peace." <br /> <br />At his curse the sun went down, <br />And the heavens gave a frown.<br /><br />William Blake<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-two-songs/
