poems

(A poem by William Blake)     Earth raised up her headFrom the darkness dread and drear,        Her light fled,        Stony, dread,And her locks… Read More »Earth’s Answer

(A poem by William Blake) Can I see another’s woe,And not be in sorrow too?Can I see another’s grief,And not… Read More »On Another’s Sorrow

(A poem by William Blake) Once a dream did weave a shadeO’er my angel-guarded bed,That an emmet lost its wayWhere… Read More »A Dream

(A poem by William Blake) ‘I have no name;I am but two days old.’What shall I call thee?‘I happy am,Joy… Read More »Infant Joy

(A poem by William Blake) When voices of children are heard on the green,    And laughing is heard on the hill,My… Read More »Nurse’s Song

(A poem by William Blake)         Sound the flute!        Now it’s mute!        Birds delight,        Day and night,        Nightingale,        In the dale,        Lark in sky,—        Merrily,Merrily, merrily to welcome… Read More »Spring

The sun descending in the West,The evening star does shine;The birds are silent in their nest,And I must seek for… Read More »Night

(A poem by William Blake) ’Twas on a holy Thursday, their innocent faces clean,The children walking two and two, in… Read More »Holy Thursday

(A poem by William Blake) To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,    All pray in their distress,And to these virtues of delight    Return… Read More »The Divine Image

(A poem by William Blake) Sweet dreams, form a shadeO’er my lovely infant’s head!Sweet dreams of pleasant streamsBy happy, silent,… Read More »A Cradle Song