The Tyger by William Blake
I’m posting this one because it was suggested by Heather and I love my roommate!
The Tyger
By William Blake
Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire!
And what shoulder, and what art.
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand and what dread feet!
What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
When the stars threw down their spears,
And water’d heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the Lamb make thee?
Tyger Tyger burning bright,
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
A classic. Unfortunately the evil English teacher of grade 8 made each of us stand up and recite it…by heart. My favorite of William Blake is And Did Those Feet, it is beautiful.