Friday 5 March, 2010

The Tiger- William Blake



Tiger, tiger, burning bright,


In the forest of the night,


What immortal hand or eye


Could frame thy fearful symmetry?


In what distant deeps or skies


Burnt the fire of thine eyes?


On what wings dare he aspire?


What the hand dare seize the fire?


And what shoulder, and what art,


Could twist the sinews of thy heart?


When thy heart began to beat,


What dread hand forged thy dread feet?


What the hammer?


What the chain?


In what furnace was thy brain?


What the anvil? What dread grasp


Dared its deadly terrors clasp?


When the stars threw down their spears


And watered heaven with their tears,


Did He smile his work to see?


Did He who made the lamb make thee?


Tiger, tiger, burning bright,


In the forest of the night,


What immortal hand or eye


Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

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