Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903.
By William Blake (1757–1827)Divine Epigrams
I A TEAR is an intellectual thing, | |
| And a sigh is the sword of an angel king, | |
| And the bitter groan of a martyr’s woe | |
| Is an arrow from the Almighty’s bow. | |
II I was angry with my friend: | 5 |
| I told my wrath, my wrath did end. | |
| I was angry with my foe: | |
| I told it not, my wrath did grow. | |
III Mutual forgiveness of each vice | |
| Such are the gates of paradise. | 10 |
IV The door of death is made of gold | |
| That mortal eyes can not behold; | |
| But when the mortal eyes are closed, | |
| And cold and pale the limbs reposed, | |
| The soul awakes, and wondering sees | 15 |
| In her mild hand the golden keys. | |