Reverence for Life - 25 Couplets
Couplets are two lines of verse, usually in the same meter
and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
Researched and Organized by Dr Abe V Rotor
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Selected from Auguries of Innocence by William Blake.
(An augury is a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen.)
A Robin Red breast in a CagePuts all Heaven in a Rage.A dove house filled with doves & pigeonsShudder Hell thro’ all its regions.A dog starv’d at his Master’s GatePredicts the ruin of the state.A horse misus’d upon the RoadCalls to Heaven for Human blood.Each outcry of the hunted HareA fibre from the Brain does tear.A Skylark wounded in the wing,A Cherubim does cease to sing.The Game Cock clip’d & arm’d to fightDoes the Rising Sun Affright.Every Wolf’s & Lion’s howlRaises from Hell a Human Soul.The wild deer wand’ring here & thereKeeps the Human Soul from Care.The Lamb misus’d breeds Public strife,And yet forgives the Butcher’s Knife.The Bat that flies at close of EveHas led the Brain that won’t Believe.The owl that calls upon the NightSpeaks the Unbelievers’ fright.He who shall hurt the little WrenShall never be belov’d by Men.He who the Ox to wrath has mov’dShall never be by Woman lov’d.The wanton Boy that kills the flyShall feel the Spider’s enmity.He who torments the Chafer’s spriteWeaves a Bower in endless Night.The Caterpillar on the LeafRepeats to thee thy Mother’s grief.Kill not the Moth nor Butterfly,For the last Judgment draweth nigh.He who shall train the Horse to warShall never pass the Polar Bar.The Beggar’s Dog & Widow’s Cat,Feed them & thou wilt grow fat.The Gnat that sings his Summer songPoison gets from Slander’s tongue.The poison of the Snake & NewtIs the sweat of Envy’s Foot.The poison of the Honey BeeIs the Artist’s jealousy.The Prince’s Robes & Beggar’s RagsAre Toadstools on the Miser’s Bags.The Bleat, the Bark, Bellow & RoarAre waves that Beat on Heaven’s Shore.
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English painter, poet and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. Although Blake was considered mad by contemporaries for his idiosyncratic views, he is held in high regard by later critics for his expressiveness and creativity, and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. His notable works are Songs of Innocence and of Experience, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, The Four Zoas, Jerusalem, Milton.
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