The Divine Vision: Studies in the Poetry and Art of William Blake, Born November 28th, 1757V. Gollancz, 1957 - 216 pages |
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... Earth's Answer , and will best be considered with them . In futurity I prophetic see That the earth from sleep ( Grave the sentence deep ) Shall arise and seek For her maker meek ; And the desart wild Become a garden mild . The sleeper ...
... Earth's Answer , and will best be considered with them . In futurity I prophetic see That the earth from sleep ( Grave the sentence deep ) Shall arise and seek For her maker meek ; And the desart wild Become a garden mild . The sleeper ...
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... Earth , O Earth , return . Arise from out the dewy grass ; Night is worn And the morn Rises from the slumbrous mass . The soul of the world has fallen asleep , held captive , like Persephone in Hades . The myth that was left incomplete ...
... Earth , O Earth , return . Arise from out the dewy grass ; Night is worn And the morn Rises from the slumbrous mass . The soul of the world has fallen asleep , held captive , like Persephone in Hades . The myth that was left incomplete ...
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... Earth's Answer , from ' the darkness dread and drear ' , de- scribes just such a situation as that of Ulysses - imprisoned in a cave or den on a watery shore ; and ' inly pining ' for home . Prison'd on wat'ry shore , Starry Jealousy ...
... Earth's Answer , from ' the darkness dread and drear ' , de- scribes just such a situation as that of Ulysses - imprisoned in a cave or den on a watery shore ; and ' inly pining ' for home . Prison'd on wat'ry shore , Starry Jealousy ...
Contents
Epitaph for William Blake | xv |
William Blake Isaac Watts and Mrs Barbauld | 65 |
Blake and Milton | 89 |
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