diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright Nick Partridge (c) 2016
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Nick Partridge nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
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diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/lens-xml.cabal b/lens-xml.cabal
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+name:                lens-xml
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            Lenses for the xml package.
+description:         Please see README.md
+homepage:            https://github.com/nkpart/lens-xml#readme
+license:             BSD3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Nick Partridge
+maintainer:          nkpart@gmail.com
+copyright:           2016 Nick Partridge
+category:            Web
+build-type:          Simple
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  exposed-modules:     Text.XML.Light.Lens
+  build-depends:       base >= 4.7 && < 5
+                     , lens >= 4.13 && < 5
+                     , xml >= 1.3 && < 1.4
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+test-suite lens-xml-test
+  type:                exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  hs-source-dirs:      test
+  main-is:             Spec.hs
+  build-depends:       base
+                     , lens-xml
+                     , xml
+                     , lens
+  ghc-options:         -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: https://github.com/nkpart/lens-xml
diff --git a/src/Text/XML/Light/Lens.hs b/src/Text/XML/Light/Lens.hs
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+{-|
+Module      : Text.XML.Light.Lens
+Description : Lenses for xml
+Copyright   : (c) Nick Partridge, 2016
+License     : BSD-3
+Maintainer  : nkpart@gmail.com
+
+This module defines lenses and prisms for @Text.XML.Light@. The naming should be consistent:
+
+* Prisms: an underscore followed by the name of the constructor they wrap.
+* Lenses: To avoid clashes with Text.XML.Light, lenses are named as for the record field, with a suffix of `L`.
+-}
+
+module Text.XML.Light.Lens (
+  -- * Cursor
+  currentL, leftsL, rightsL, parentsL,
+  -- * Content
+  _Elem, _Text, _CRef,
+  -- * Elem
+  elNameL, elAttribsL, elContentL, elLineL,
+  -- * Attr
+  attrKeyL, attrValL,
+  -- * CData
+  cdVerbatimL, cdDataL, cdLineL,
+  -- * CDataKind
+  _CDataText, _CDataVerbatim, _CDataRaw,
+  -- * QName
+  qNameL, qURIL, qPrefixL,
+                           ) where
+
+import Control.Lens
+import Text.XML.Light
+import Text.XML.Light.Cursor
+
+-- |
+currentL :: Lens' Cursor Content
+currentL = lens current (\v x -> v { current = x})
+
+-- |
+leftsL :: Lens' Cursor [Content]
+leftsL = lens lefts (\v x -> v { lefts = x})
+
+-- |
+rightsL :: Lens' Cursor [Content]
+rightsL = lens rights (\v x -> v { rights = x})
+
+-- |
+parentsL :: Lens' Cursor Path
+parentsL = lens parents (\v x -> v { parents = x})
+
+-- |
+_Elem :: Prism' Content Element
+_Elem = prism Elem g
+  where g (Elem e) = Right e
+        g v = Left v
+
+-- |
+_Text :: Prism' Content CData
+_Text = prism Text g
+  where g (Text e) = Right e
+        g v = Left v
+
+-- |
+_CRef :: Prism' Content String
+_CRef = prism CRef g
+  where g (CRef e) = Right e
+        g v = Left v
+
+-- | 
+elNameL :: Lens' Element QName
+elNameL = lens elName (\v a -> v { elName = a })
+
+elAttribsL :: Lens' Element [Attr]
+elAttribsL = lens elAttribs (\v a -> v { elAttribs = a })
+
+elContentL :: Lens' Element [Content]
+elContentL = lens elContent (\v a -> v { elContent = a })
+
+elLineL :: Lens' Element (Maybe Line)
+elLineL = lens elLine (\v a -> v { elLine = a })
+
+attrKeyL :: Lens' Attr QName
+attrKeyL = lens attrKey (\v a -> v { attrKey = a })
+
+attrValL :: Lens' Attr String
+attrValL = lens attrVal (\v a -> v { attrVal = a })
+
+cdVerbatimL :: Lens' CData CDataKind
+cdVerbatimL = lens cdVerbatim (\v a -> v { cdVerbatim = a })
+
+cdDataL :: Lens' CData String
+cdDataL = lens cdData (\v a -> v { cdData = a })
+
+cdLineL :: Lens' CData (Maybe Line)
+cdLineL = lens cdLine (\v a -> v { cdLine = a })
+
+_CDataText :: Prism' CDataKind ()
+_CDataText = prism' (const CDataText) g
+  where g CDataText = Just ()
+        g _ = Nothing
+
+_CDataVerbatim :: Prism' CDataKind ()
+_CDataVerbatim = prism' (const CDataVerbatim) g
+  where g CDataVerbatim = Just ()
+        g _ = Nothing
+
+_CDataRaw :: Prism' CDataKind ()
+_CDataRaw = prism' (const CDataRaw) g
+  where g CDataRaw = Just ()
+        g _ = Nothing
+
+qNameL :: Lens' QName String
+qNameL = lens qName (\v a -> v { qName = a })
+
+qURIL :: Lens' QName (Maybe String)
+qURIL = lens qURI (\v a -> v { qURI = a })
+
+qPrefixL :: Lens' QName (Maybe String)
+qPrefixL = lens qPrefix (\v a -> v { qPrefix = a })
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
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+
+import Text.XML.Light
+import Text.XML.Light.Lens
+import Control.Lens
+
+main :: IO ()
+main =
+  let v = parseXML sample
+   in print $ v ^.. traverse . _Elem . elNameL . qNameL
+
+sample =
+  "<a>5</a>"