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L9.Hayley5'00; E705| [To] William Hayley Esqre, Eartham,
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| near Chichester, Sussex
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| Lambeth May 6 1800.
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| Dear Sir
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| I am very sorry for your immense loss, which is a repetition
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| of what all feel in this valley of misery & happiness mixed--I
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| send the Shadow of the departed Angel. hope the likeness is
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| improved. The lip I have again lessened as you advised & done a
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| good many other softenings to the whole--I know that our
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| deceased friends are more really with us than when they were
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| apparent to our mortal part. Thirteen years ago. I lost a
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| brother & with his spirit I converse daily & hourly in the
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| Spirit. & See him in my remembrance in the regions of my
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| Imagination. I hear his advice & even now write from his
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| Dictate--Forgive me for expressing to you my Enthusiasm which I
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| wish all to partake of Since it is to me a Source of Immortal
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| Joy even in this world by it I am the companion of Angels. May
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| you continue to be so more & more & to be more & more perswaded.
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| that every Mortal loss is an Immortal Gain. The Ruins of Time
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| builds Mansions in Eternity.--I have also sent A Proof of
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| Pericles for your Remarks thanking you for the kindness with
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| which you Express them & feeling heartily your Grief with a
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| brothers Sympathy
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| I remain Dear Sir Your humble Servant
L9.Hayley5'00; E705| WILLIAM BLAKE