Poems

The Shepherd How sweet is the shepherd’s sweet lot! From the morn to the evening he strays; He shall follow his sheep all the day, And […]

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 […]

The Sky is an Immortal Tent Built by the Sons of Los The sky is an immortal tent built by the Sons of Los: And every […]

The Song of Los AFRICA I will sing you a song of Los. the Eternal Prophet: He sung it to four harps at the tables of […]

The Two Songs I heard an Angel Singing When the day was springing: “Mercy, pity, and peace, Are the world’s release.” So he sang all day […]

The Tyger Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forest of the night What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps […]

The Voice of the Ancient Bard Youth of delight, come hither, And see the opening morn, Image of truth new born. Doubt is fled, & clouds […]

The Wild Flower’s Song As I wandered the forest, The green leaves among, I heard a Wild Flower Singing a song. “I slept in the earth […]

Three Things to Remember A Robin Redbreast in a cage, Puts all Heaven in a rage. A skylark wounded on the wing Doth make a cherub […]

To Autum O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stain’d With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit Beneath my shady roof; there thou may’st […]