William Blake, “A Divine Image” and “The Divine Image”
11 years ago I started blogging on poetry and desperately needed content. The rule was to post daily, and this had three consequences I didn’t foresee: I ...
Category: Blake
Christianity and Modernity: Reflections on Blake’s “The Human Abstract”
for Kristine Lowe, because she asked The Human Abstract William Blake Pity would be no more If we did not make somebody Poor; And Mercy no more could be If all ...
On Blake’s "The Little Boy Lost" and "The Little Boy Found"
The Little Boy Lost William Blake “Father! father! where are you going? O do not walk so fast. Speak, father, speak to your little boy, Or else I shall be...
On Blake’s "The Tyger"
The Tyger William Blake Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant d...
Democracy’s Mysticism: Thoughts on "All Religions are One," by Blake
All Religions are One William Blake The Voice of one crying in the Wilderness The Argument. As the true method of knowledge is experiment, the true faculty of k...