William Blake

My Spectre Around Me | Poem by William Blake

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My Spectre Around Me Poem  ………………. by William Blake _______________________________________________________________________________________ My spectre around me night and dayLike a wild beast guards my way. My emanation far withinWeeps incessantly for my sin. A fathomless and boundless deep,There we wander, there we weep;On the hungry craving windMy spectre follows thee behind. He scents thy footsteps in the snow,Wheresoever … Read more…

Never Seek to Tell thy Love | Poem by William Blake

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Never Seek to Tell thy Love Poem  ………………. by William Blake _______________________________________________________________________________________ Never seek to tell thy love Love that never told can be;For the gentle wind does moveSilently, invisibly. I told my love, I told my love,I told her all my heart,Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears–Ah, she doth depart. Soon as she was gone from … Read more…

Now Art Has Lost Its Mental Charms | Poem by William Blake

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Now Art Has Lost Its Mental Charms Poem  ………………. by William Blake _______________________________________________________________________________________ `Now Art has lost its mental charmsFrance shall subdue the world in arms.‘So spoke an Angel at my birth;Then said `Descend thou upon earth,Renew the Arts on Britain’s shore,And France shall fall down and adore. With works of art their armies meetAnd War … Read more…

Nurses Song (Experience) | Poem by William Blake

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Nurses Song Experience Poem  ………………. by William Blake _______________________________________________________________________________________ When the voices of children. are heard on the greenAnd whisprings are in the dale:The days of my youth rise fresh in my mind,My face turns green and pale. Then come home my children. the sun is gone downAnd the dews of night ariseYour spring & your … Read more…

Nurses Song (Innocence) | Poem by William Blake

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Nurses Song Innocence Poem  ………………. by William Blake _______________________________________________________________________________________ When voices of children are heard on the greenAnd laughing is heard on the hill,My heart is at rest within my breastAnd everything else is still Then come home my children the sun is gone downAnd the dews of night ariseCome come leave off play, and let … Read more…

On Anothers Sorrow | Poem by William Blake

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On Anothers Sorrow Poem  ………………. by William Blake _______________________________________________________________________________________ Can I see anothers woe,And not be in sorrow too?Can I see anothers grief,And not seek for kind relief. Can I see a falling tear. And not feel my sorrows share,Can a father see his child,Weep, nor be with sorrow fill’d. Can a mother sit and hear. … Read more…

Piping Down the Valleys Wild | Poem by William Blake

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Piping Down the Valleys Wild Poem  ………………. by William Blake _______________________________________________________________________________________ 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, … Read more…

Preludium to America | Poem by William Blake

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Preludium to America Poem  ………………. by William Blake _______________________________________________________________________________________ The shadowy Daughter of Urthona stood before red Orc, When fourteen suns had faintly journey’d o’er his dark abode:His food she brought in iron baskets, his drink in cups of iron:Crown’d with a helmet and dark hair the nameless female stood;A quiver with its burning stores, a … Read more…