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Songs of Experience: Introduction

William Blake·1757–1827
Lines:20Movement:Romanticism
Hear the voice of the Bard,Who present, past, and future, sees;Whose ears have heardThe Holy WordThat walked among the ancient tree; Calling the lapsed soul,And weeping in the evening dew;That might controlThe starry pole,And fallen, fallen light renew! "O Earth, O Earth, return!Arise from out the dewy grass!Night is worn,And the mornRises from the slumbrous mass. "Turn away no more;Why wilt thou turn away?The starry floor,The watery shore,Are given thee till the break of day."