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Posted By: GUEST,Jim Clark..London..England
24-Nov-02 - 05:26 AM
Thread Name: William Blake Medley Songs of innocence
Subject: William Blake Medley Songs of innocence
Heres a collection of some of William Blakes most remembered poems performed by myself with superbly atmospheric music from "Willpowa" heres the verses of the first couple of the poems in the medley..heres the link to the page with the sound file
William Blake Medley - Musical sound poem



Regards..

Jim Clark

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The Angel

I dreamt a dream! What can it mean?
And that I was a maiden Queen
Guarded by an Angel mild:
Witless woe was ne'er beguiled!

And I wept both night and day,
And he wiped my tears away;
And I wept both day and night,
And hid from him my heart's delight.

So he took his wings, and fled;
Then the morn blushed rosy red.
I dried my tears, and armed my fears
With ten thousand shields and spears.

Soon my Angel came again;
I was armed, he came in vain;
For the time of youth was fled,
And grey hairs were on my head.

The Fly
By William Blake 1794


Little Fly
Thy summer's play
My thoughtless hand
Has brush'd away

Am not I
A fly like thee?
Or art not thou
A man like me?

For I dance
And drink & sing,
Till some blind hand
Shall brush my wing.

If thought is life
And strength & breath,
And the want
Of thought is death;

Then am I
A happy fly,
If I live,
Or if I die.