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Hear the voice of the Bard!

William Blake, William Blake poetry, Secular or Eclectic, Secular or Eclectic poetry,  poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Christian poetry by William Blake
(1757 - 1827) Timeline

Original Language
English

Secular or Eclectic
Christian
18th Century

Hear the voice of the Bard!
Who Present, Past, & Future, sees;
Whose ears have heard
The Holy Word
That walk'd among the ancient trees,

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 slumberous mass.

"Turn away no more;
Why wilt thout turn away?
The starry floor,
The wat'ry shore,
Is giv'n thee till the break of day."

 

 

-- from The Complete Illuminated Books, by William Blake

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Themes

  Awakening
  Bower
  Dawn
  Light
  Night


Recommended Books


Blake Dictionary: The Ideas & Symbols of William Blake, by S. Foster Damon
Blake: Collected Poems, by William Blake / Edited by William Butler Yeats
Blake's America: A Prophecy and Europe: A Prophecy: Facsimile Reproductions of Two Illuminated Books, by William Blake
Blake's Poetry and Designs: Authoritative Texts, Illuminations in Color and Monochrome, Related Prose, Criticism, by William Blake / Edited by John F. Grant
The Book of Urizen: A Facsimily in Full Color, by William Blake

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