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This points to gratitude as a form of abundance rather than polite feeling. It can be read as saying that a person who receives with thanks makes more out of what comes their way, because appreciation turns even ordinary gifts into something fruitful. It lands when someone has little, or when a small kindness needs to be noticed instead of taken for granted.
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About William Blake
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Books by William Blake
Songs of Innocence and Experience
1971
Poems
2007
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
2003
Selected Poems
2000