Poems

The Book of Urizen: Chapter VII 1. They named the child Orc, he grew Fed with milk of Enitharmon 2. Los awoke her; O sorrow & […]

The Book of Urizen: Chapter VIII 1. Urizen explor’d his dens Mountain, moor, & wilderness, With a globe of fire lighting his journey A fearful journey, […]

The Book of Urizen: Preludium Of the primeval Priests assum’d power, When Eternals spurn’d back his religion; And gave him a place in the north, Obscure, […]

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 […]

The Chimney -sweeper A little black thing in the snow, Crying “weep! weep!” in notes of woe! “Where are thy father and mother? Say!”– “They are […]

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! […]

The Clod and the Pebble “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a […]

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 […]

The Divine Image TO Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love All pray in their distress; And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. For Mercy, Pity, […]

The Echoing Green The sun does arise, And make happy the skies; The merry bells ring To welcome the spring; The skylark and thrush, The birds […]