Introduction

by William Blake

　　Hear the voice of the Bard!

　　Who present, past, & future, sees;

　　Whose ears have heard

　　The Holy Word

　　",That walked among the ancient trees,

　　Calling the lapsed Soul,

　　And weeping in the evening dew;

　　That might controll

　　The starry pole,

　　",And fallen, fallen light renew!

　　"O Earth, O Earth, return!

　　"Arise from out the dewy grass;

　　"Night is worn,

　　"And the morn

　　","Rises from the slumbrous mass.

　　"Turn away no more;

　　"Why wilt thou turn away?

　　"The starry floor,

　　"The wat'ry shore,

　　","Is giv'n thee till the break of day."