Gedichtsammlung

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  "data": [
    {
      "author": "William Blake",
      "line_count": "22",
      "lines": [
        "Rintrah roars and shakes his fires in the burden'd air,",
        "Hungry clouds swag on the deep.",
        "",
        "Once meek, and in a perilous path",
        "The just man kept his course along",
        "The Vale of Death.",
        "Roses are planted where thorns grow,",
        "And on the barren heath",
        "Sing the honey bees.",
        "",
        "Then the perilous path was planted,",
        "And a river and a spring",
        "On every cliff and tomb;",
        "And on the bleached bones",
        "Red clay brought forth:",
        "Till the villain left the paths of ease",
        "To walk in perilous paths, and drive",
        "The just man into barren climes.",
        "",
        "Now the sneaking serpent walks",
        "In mild humility;",
        "And the just man rages in the wilds",
        "Where lions roam.",
        "",
        "Rintrah roars and shakes his fires in the burden'd air,",
        "Hungry clouds swag on the deep."
      ],
      "title": "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: The Argument"
    },
    {
      "author": "William Topaz McGonagall",
      "line_count": "28",
      "lines": [
        "Alas! Sir John Ogilvy is dead, aged eighty-seven,",
        "But I hope his soul is now in heaven;",
        "For he was a generous-hearted gentleman I am sure,",
        "And, in particular, very kind unto the poor.",
        "He was a Christian gentleman in every degree,",
        "And, for many years, was an M.P. for Bonnie Dundee,",
        "And, while he was an M.P., he didn't neglect",
        "To advocate the rights of Dundee in every respect.",
        "He was a public benefactor in many ways,",
        "Especially in erecting an asylum for imbecile children to spend their days;",
        "Then he handed the institution over as free,--",
        "As a free gift and a boon to the people of Dundee.",
        "He was chairman of several of the public boards in Dundee,",
        "And among these were the Asylum Board and the Royal Infirmary;",
        "In every respect he was a God-fearing true gentleman,",
        "And to gainsay it there's nobody can.",
        "He lived as a Christian gentleman in his time,",
        "And he now lies buried in the family vault in Strathmartine;",
        "But I hope his soul has gone aloft where all troubles cease,",
        "Amongst the blessed saints where all is joy and peace.",
        "To the people around Baldovan he will be a great loss,",
        "Because he was a kind-hearted man and a Soldier of the Cross.",
        "He had always a kind word for every one he met,",
        "And the loss of such a good man will be felt with deep regret",
        "Because such men as Sir John Ogilvy are hard to be found,",
        "Especially in Christian charity his large heart did abound,",
        "Therefore a monument should be erected for him most handsome to behold,",
        "And his good deeds engraven thereon in letters of gold."
      ],
      "title": "The Late Sir John Ogilvy"
    },
    {
      "author": "William Blake",
      "line_count": "20",
      "lines": [
        "Piping down the valleys wild,",
        "  Piping songs of pleasant glee,",
        "On a cloud I saw a child,",
        "  And he laughing said to me:",
        "",
        "\"Pipe a song about a Lamb!\"",
        "  So I piped with merry cheer.",
        "\"Piper, pipe that song again;\"",
        "  So I piped: he wept to hear.",
        "",
        "\"Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe;",
        "  Sing thy songs of happy cheer!\"",
        "So I sang the same again,",
        "  While he wept with joy to hear.",
        "",
        "\"Piper, sit thee down and write",
        "  In a book, that all may read.\"",
        "So he vanish'd from my sight;",
        "  And I pluck'd a hollow reed,",
        "",
        "And I made a rural pen,",
        "  And I stain'd the water clear,",
        "And I wrote my happy songs",
        "  Every child may joy to hear."
      ],
      "title": "Songs of Innocence: Introduction"
    }
  ],
  "success": true
}