“Sing louder around
To the bells' cheerful sound,
While our sports shall be seen
On the ecchoing green.”

— William Blake

The Ecchoing Green, st. 1
1780s, Songs of Innocence (1789–1790)

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English Romantic poet and artist 1757–1827

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