William Blake, Songs of Experience: Introduction
Hear the voice of the Bard!
Who Present, Past, & Future sees
Whose ears have heard,
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The Holy Word,
That walk'd among the ancient trees.
Calling the lapsed Soul
And weeping in the evening dew;
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That might controll .
The starry pole;
And fallen fallen light renew!
O Earth O Earth return!
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Arise from out the dewy grass;
Night is worn,
And the morn
Rises from the slumberous mass.
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Turn away no more:
Why wilt thou turn away
The starry floor
The watry shore
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Is givn thee till the break of day.