An Ode To William Blake
Doth if not thrill thee, Poet,
Dead and dust though thy art,
To feel how I press thy singing
Close to my heart?
By Richard Le Gallienne
(The Passionate Reader To His Poet)
O greatest father of poetry
To you I dedicate this write
All through human history
Your poems showed the light
The Lamb paved the way
Of divinity and glory
In the little child’s heart lay
Truth and purity
In Tyger you portrayed
The might of a beautiful being
The part that Almighty played
In forming this mysterious thing
Your life-like engravings
And the world of images
Your sensitive etching
Every poet praises
In school I first met you
Through pages of a textbook
And with you my imagination flew
When the path of poetry I took
Your simple words and feelings
Your spirituality and devotion
My muse you brought meaning
And a channel for my emotion
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