English Poetry. William Blake. A Divine Image. Уильям Блейк.

William Blake (Уильям Блейк)

A Divine Image

Cruelty has a human heart,
And Jealousy a human face;
Terror the human form divine,
And Secrecy the human dress.

The human dress is forged iron,
The human form a fiery forge,
The human face a furnace sealed,
The human heart its hungry gorge.

William Blake’s other poems:

1. Epigram
2. Songs of Experience. The Chimney Sweeper
3. Songs of Experience. Nurse’s Song
4. To the Accuser Who Is the God of This World
5. Songs of Experience. The Sick Rose

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