Songs of Experience – Introduction
by William Blake (1757–1827) English
Introduction.
Hear the voice of the Bard!
Who Present, Past, & Future sees
Whose ears have heard,
The Holy Word,
5That walk'd among the ancient trees.
Calling the lapsed Soul
And weeping in the evening dew:
That might controll,
The starry pole;
10And fallen fallen light renew!
O Earth O Earth return!
Arise from out the dewy grass;
Night is worn,
And the morn
15Rises from the slumberous mass,
Turn away no more:
Why wilt thou turn away
The starry floor
The watry shore
20Is giv'n thee till the break of day.
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