Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
William Blake. 17571827488. Hear the Voice
HEAR the voice of the Bard, | |
Who present, past, and future, sees; | |
Whose ears have heard | |
The Holy Word | |
That walk’d among the ancient trees; | 5 |
Calling the lapsèd soul, | |
And weeping in the evening dew; | |
That might control | |
The starry pole, | |
And fallen, fallen light renew! | 10 |
‘O Earth, O Earth, return! | |
Arise from out the dewy grass! | |
Night is worn, | |
And the morn | |
Rises from the slumbrous mass. | 15 |
‘Turn away no more; | |
Why wilt thou turn away? | |
The starry floor, | |
The watery shore, | |
Is given thee till the break of day.’ | 20 |