Piping down the valleys wild,

Whose ears have heardThe Holy Word,That walked among the ancient trees,Calling the lapsed soul,And weeping in the evening dew;That might controlThe starry pole,And fallen, fallen, light renew!‘O Earth, O Earth, return!Arise from out the dewy grass;Night is worn,And the mornRises from the slumberous mass.‘Turn away no more;Why wilt thou turn away?The starry floor,The watery shore,Is…

That flames from their large nostrils! thou, O Summer,Oft pitched’st here thy goldent tent, and oftBeneath our oaks hast slept, while we beheldWith joy thy ruddy limbs and flourishing hair.Beneath our thickest shades we oft have heardThy voice, when noon upon his fervid carRode o’er the deep of heaven; beside our springsSit down, and in…

And to these virtues of delightReturn their thankfulness.For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,Is God our Father dear;And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,Is man, his child and care.For Mercy has a human heartPity, a human face;And Love, the human form divine;And Peace, the human dress.Then every man, of every clime,That prays in his distress,Prays to the…

Terror the human form divine,And Secresy the human dress.The human dress is forged iron,The human form a fiery forge,The human face a furnace sealed,The human heart its hungry gorge.

‘Til the prince of love beheldWho in the sunny beams did glide!He shew’d me lilies for my hairAnd blushing roses for my brow;He led me through his garden fair,Where all his golden pleasures grow.With sweet May dews my wings were wet,And Phoebus fir’d my vocal rageHe caught me in his silken net,And shut me in…

Swords and spears and wrath increastAll around his bosom roll’dCrown’d with warlike fires and raging desires.

For old Nobodaddy aloft. . . and belch’d and cough’d;Then swore a great oath that made Heaven quake,And call’d aloud to English Blake.Blake was giving his body ease,At Lambeth beneath the poplar trees.From his seat then started heAnd turn’d him round three times three.The moon at that sight blush’d scarlet red,The stars threw down their…

Beneath my shady roof; there thou may’st rest,And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe,And all the daughters of the year shall dance!Sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers.`The narrow bud opens her beauties toThe sun, and love runs in her thrilling veins;Blossoms hang round the brows of Morning, andFlourish down the…

And there is a Smile of SmilesIn which these two Smiles meetAnd there is a Frown of HateAnd there is a Frown of disdainAnd there is a Frown of FrownsWhich you strive to forget in vainFor it sticks in the Hearts deep CoreAnd it sticks in the deep Back boneAnd no Smile that ever was…

By love are driv’n away;And mournful lean DespairBrings me yew to deck my grave;Such end true lovers have.His face is fair as heav’nWhen springing buds unfold;O why to him was’t giv’nWhose heart is wintry cold?His breast is love’s all-worshipp’d tomb,Where all love’s pilgrims come.Bring me an axe and spade,Bring me a winding sheet;When I my…

Whose ears have heardThe Holy Word,That walk’d among the ancient trees.Calling the lapsed SoulAnd weeping in the evening dew;That might controll.The starry pole;And fallen fallen light renew!O Earth O Earth return!Arise from out the dewy grass;Night is worn,And the mornRises from the slumbrous mass.Turn away no more:Why wilt thou turn awayThe starry floorThe watery shoreIs…

Swords and spears and wrath increastAll around his bosom roll’dCrown’d with warlike fires and raging desires.

I see the Past, Present and Future existing all at onceBefore me. O Divine Spirit, sustain me on thy wings,That I may awake Albion from his long and cold repose;For Bacon and Newton, sheath’d in dismal steel, their terrors hangLike iron scourges over Albion: reasonings like vast serpentsInfold around my limbs, bruising my minute articulations.I…

Gave thee life, and bid thee feed,By the stream and o’er the mead;Gave thee clothing of delight,Softest clothing, woolly, bright;Gave thee such a tender voice,Making all the vales rejoice?Little Lamb, who made thee?Dost thou know who made thee?Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee,Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee.He is called by thy name,For He calls Himself a…

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 snowWheresoever thou dost go,Thro’ the wintry hail and rain.When wilt thou return again?’Dost thou not in pride and scornFill with tempests all my morn,And with…

To rise from Generation free:Then what have I to do with thee?The Sexes sprung from Shame & Pride,Blow’d in the morn, in evening died;But Mercy chang’d Death into Sleep;The Sexes rose to work & weep.Thou, Mother of my Mortal part,With cruelty didst mould my Heart,And with false self-deceiving tearsDidst bind my Nostrils, Eyes, & Ears:Didst…

Of thy torches bright;For possessed of DayThousand spirits strayThat sweet joys betray.Why should joys be sweetUsed with deceit,Nor with sorrows meet?But an honest joyDoes itself destroyFor a harlot coy.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.The cut worm forgives the plow.Dip him in the river who loves water.A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.He whose face gives no light, shall…