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The Sick Rose
The Sick Rose
O Rose, thou art sick!
The invisible worm
That flies in the night,
In the howling storm,
Has found out thy bed
Of c…
The Schoolboy
The Schoolboy
I love to rise in a summer morn
When the birds sing on every tree;
The distant huntsman winds his horn,
And the skylark sings with …
The Question Answered
The Question Answered
What is it men in women do require?
The lineaments of gratified Desire.
What is it women do in men require?
The lineaments …
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (excerpt)
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (excerpt)
In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead.
…
The Little Vagabond
The Little Vagabond
Dear mother, dear mother, the church is cold,
But the ale-house is healthy and pleasant and warm;
Besides I can tell where I am used …
The Little Girl Found
The Little Girl Found
All the night in woe,
Lyca's parents go:
Over vallies deep.
While the desarts weep.
Tired and woe-begone.
H…
The Little Boy Found
The Little Boy Found
The little boy lost in the lonely fen,
Led by the wandering light,
Began to cry, but God, ever nigh,
Appeared like his fathe…
The Lily
The Lily
The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,
The humble sheep a threat'ning horn:
While the Lily white shall in love delight,
Nor a thorn nor a t…
The Human Abstract
The Human Abstract
Pity would be no more
If we did not make somebody Poor;
And Mercy no more could be
If all were as happy as we.
And mut…
The Land of Dreams
The Land of Dreams
Awake, awake, my little boy!
Thou wast thy mother's only joy;
Why dost thou weep in thy gentle sleep?
Awake! thy father does t…
The Grey Monk
The Grey Monk
'I die, I die!' the Mother said,
'My children die for lack of bread.
What more has the merciless Tyrant said?'
The Monk sat dow…
The French Revolution (excerpt)
The French Revolution (excerpt)
Thee the ancientest peer, Duke of Burgundy, rose from the monarch's right hand, red
as wines
From his mountains; an odor …
The Echoing Green
The Echoing Green
The sun does arise,
And make happy the skies;
The merry bells ring
To welcome the spring;
The Fly
The Fly
Little Fly,
Thy summer's play
My thoughtless hand
Has brushed away.
Am not I
A fly like thee?
Or art not thou
The Clod & The Pebble
The Clod & The Pebble
Love seeketh not Itself to please.
Nor for itself hath any care;
But for another gives its ease.
And builds a Heaven in…
The Crystal Cabinet
The Crystal Cabinet
The Maiden caught me in the wild,
Where I was dancing merrily;
She put me into her Cabinet,
And lock'd me up with a golden ke…
The Chimney -sweeper
The Chimney -sweeper
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The Chimney-Sweeper
The Chimney-Sweeper
When my mother died I was very young,
And my father sold me while yet my tongue
Could scarcely cry 'Weep! weep! weep! weep!'
…
The Caverns of the Grave I've Seen
The Caverns of the Grave I've Seen
The Caverns of the Grave I've seen,
And these I show'd to England's Queen.
But now the Caves of Hell I view,
W…
The Book of Urizen: Chapter VIII
The Book of Urizen: Chapter VIII
. Urizen explor'd his dens
Mountain, moor, & wilderness,
With a globe of fire lighting his journey
A fearful jou…
The Book of Urizen: Chapter VI
The Book of Urizen: Chapter VI
. But Los saw the Female & pitied
He embrac'd her, she wept, she refus'd
In perverse and cruel delight
She fled fr…
The Book of Urizen: Chapter IX
The Book of Urizen: Chapter IX
. Then the Inhabitants of those Cities:
Felt their Nerves change into Marrow
And hardening Bones began
In swift di…
The Book of Urizen: Chapter III
The Book of Urizen: Chapter III
. The voice ended, they saw his pale visage
Emerge from the darkness; his hand
On the rock of eternity unclasping
…
The Book of Urizen: Chapter I
The Book of Urizen: Chapter I
. Lo, a shadow of horror is risen
In Eternity! Unknown, unprolific!
Self-closd, all-repelling: what Demon
Hath form…