Liitle Vegabond
(william blake)
FRAGRANCE OF LIFE
"To See a World..."(Fragments from "Auguries of Innocence"To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
A Robin Redbreast in a Cage
Puts all Heaven in a Rage.
A dove house fill?d with doves and pigeons
Shudders Hell thro? all its regions.
A Dog starv?d at his Master?s Gate
Predicts the ruin of the State.
A Horse misus?d upon the Road
Calls to Heaven for Human blood.
Each outcry of the hunted Hare
A fiber from the Brain does tear.
He who shall train the Horse to War
Shall never pass the Polar Bar.
The Beggar?s Dog and Widow?s Cat,
Feed them and thou wilt grow fat.
The Gnat that sings his Summer song
Poison gets from Slander?s tongue.
The poison of the Snake and Newt
Is the sweat of Envy?s Foot.
A truth that?s told with bad intent
Beats all the Lies you can invent.
It is right it should be so;
Man was made for Joy and Woe;
And when this we rightly know
Thro? the World we safely go.
Every Night and every Morn
Some to Misery are Born.
Every Morn and every Night
Some are Born to sweet delight.
Some are Born to sweet delight,
Some are Born to Endless Night.
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The Garden of LoveFrom Songs of ExperienceI went to the Garden of Love,
And saw what I never had seen;
A Chapel was built in the midst,
Where I used to play on the green.
And the gates of this Chapel were shut,
And 'Thou shalt not' writ over the door;
So I turned to the Garden of Love
That so many sweet flowers bore.
And I saw it was filled with graves,
And tombstones where flowers should be;
And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,
And binding with briars my joys and desires.
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Resumos Relacionados
- The Divine Image
- The Power Of Now A Guide To Spiritual Enlightenment
- Gitanjali
- The Hound Of Heaven
- Poem: First Love
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