'The Clod and the Pebble' by William Blake (1794)Heathcliff and the hard, shiny love of the Pebble:
"Love seeketh only self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite." Edgar and the soft, malleable love of the Clod of Clay: "Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair."
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