Introduction
Songs of Innocence and of Experience, 1794
Hear the voice of the Bard!Who Present, Past, & Future seesWhose ears have heard,The Holy Word,That walk'd among the ancient trees.
Calling the lapsed SoulAnd weeping in the evening dew:That might controllThe 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 slumberous mass.
Turn away no more:Why wilt thou turn awayThe starry floorThe watry shoreIs giv'n thee till the break of day.