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The Poet Seers » William Blake » Songs of Experience – William Blake » The Lily

The Lily

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The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,
The humble sheep a threat’ning horn:
While the Lily white shall in love delight,
Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright.

– William Blake

 

  • A Cradle Song
  • A Divine Image
  • A Little Boy Lost
  • A Little Girl Lost
  • A Poison Tree
  • Ah, Sunflower
  • Earth’s Answer
  • Holy Thursday
  • Infant Sorrow
  • Introduction
  • London
  • My Pretty Rose Tree
  • Nurse’s Song
  • The Angel
  • The Chimney Sweeper
  • The Clod and The Pebble
  • The Fly
  • The Garden of Love
  • The Human Abstract
  • The Lily
  • The Little Girl Lost
  • The Little Vagabond
  • The Schoolboy
  • The Sick Rose
  • The Tyger
  • The Voice Of The Ancient
  • To Tirzah