"In lucent words my darkling verses dight, / And wash my earthy mind in thy clear streams,"
— Blake, William (1757-1827)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Date
1783
Metaphor
"In lucent words my darkling verses dight, / And wash my earthy mind in thy clear streams,"
Metaphor in Context
Golden Apollo, that thro' heaven wide
Scatter'st the rays of light, and truth's beams!
In lucent words my darkling verses dight,
And wash my earthy mind in thy clear streams,
That wisdom may descend in fairy dreams:
All while the jocund hours in thy train
Scatter their fancies at thy poet's feet;
And when thou yields to night thy wide domain,
Let rays of truth enlight his sleeping brain.
Scatter'st the rays of light, and truth's beams!
In lucent words my darkling verses dight,
And wash my earthy mind in thy clear streams,
That wisdom may descend in fairy dreams:
All while the jocund hours in thy train
Scatter their fancies at thy poet's feet;
And when thou yields to night thy wide domain,
Let rays of truth enlight his sleeping brain.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "throne" and "reason" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
04/25/2006
