Songs of Experience Introduction by William Blake
SONGS OF EXPERIENCE
by William Blake
INTRODUCTION
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William Blake
[Blake’s own illustration, from the Tate Museum, Liverpool]
Photographed by Flickr.com user “poppy”
April 21, 2009
Creative Commons License
Who present, past, and future, sees;
Whose ears have heard
The Holy Word
That walked among the ancient tree;
Calling the lapsed soul,
And weeping in the evening dew;
That might control
The starry pole,
And fallen, fallen light renew!
“O Earth, O Earth, return!
Arise from out the dewy grass!
Night is worn,
And the morn
Rises from the slumbrous mass.
“Turn away no more;
Why wilt thou turn away?
The starry floor,
The watery shore,
Are given thee till the break of day.”
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