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S e p a r a t e title page for Songs of
Experience ( 1 7 9 4 )
4. In Blake's recurrent symbolism the starry sky 1. The Earth explains why she, the natural
world,
("floor") signifies rigid rational order, and the sea cannot by her unaided endeavors renew the
fallen
signifies chaos. light.
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Her light fled:
Stony dread!