Posted by Amy on August 11, 1997 at 15:29:02:
In reply to Dislike of London posted by Amy on August 11, 1997 at 15:23:51
] I wish I could find the poem by William Blake about London. If I find it on the web, I'll share it. I think it's called "London."
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Here it is:
by William Blake
I wander thro' each charter'd street,
Near where the charter'd Thames does flow,
And mark in every face I meet
Marks of weakness, marks of woe.
In every cry of every Man,
In every Infant's cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban,
The mind-forg'd manacles I hear.
How the Chimney-sweeper's cry
Every black'ning Church appalls;
And the hapless Soldier's sigh
Runs in blood down Palace walls.
But most thro' midnight streets I hear
How the youthful Harlot's curse
Blasts the new born Infant's tear,
And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse.
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