William Blake

(A song by William Blake) My mother groaned, my father wept:Into the dangerous world I leapt,Helpless, naked, piping loud,Like a… Read More »Infant Sorrow

(A song by William Blake) Pity would be no moreIf we did not make somebody poor,And Mercy no more could… Read More »The Human Abstract

(A song by William Blake) I wander through each chartered street,    Near where the chartered Thames does flow,A mark in every… Read More »London

(A song by William Blake) Dear mother, dear mother, the Church is cold;But the Alehouse is healthy, and pleasant, and… Read More »The Little Vagabond

(A poem by William Blake) I went to the Garden of Love,    And saw what I never had seen;A Chapel was… Read More »The Garden of Love

(A poem by William Blake) The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,The humble sheep a threat’ning horn:While the Lily white… Read More »The Lily

(A poem by William Blake) Ah, sunflower, weary of time,    Who countest the steps of the sun;Seeking after that sweet golden… Read More »Ah, Sunflower

(A poem by William Blake) A flower was offered to me,    Such a flower as May never bore;But I said, ‘I’ve… Read More »My Pretty Rose Tree

(A poem by William Blake) I dreamt a dream! What can it mean?And that I was a maiden QueenGuarded by… Read More »The Angel

(A poem by William Blake) Little Fly,    Thy summer’s playMy thoughtless hand    Has brushed away. Am not I    A fly like thee?Or art… Read More »The Fly