Motto to the Songs of Innocence and of Experience

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     The Good are attracted by men's perceptions,
     And think not for themselves;
     Till Experience teaches them to catch
     And to cage the fairies and elves.
     And then the Knave begins to snarl,
     And the Hypocrite to howl;
     And all his good friends show their private ends,
     And the eagle is known from the owl.