To Spring
William Blake * Track #1 On Poetical Sketches
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To Spring by William Blake
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A quintessential Romantic poem that praises the coming of Spring to end the dreary English winter.
The poem was the opening poem to Blake’s first published collection Poetical Sketches in 1783. The other opening poems are, aptly enough, ‘To Summer’, ‘To Autumn’ and ‘To Winter’. The four poems are o...
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O thou with dewy locks, who lookest down
Through the clear windows of the morning, turn
Thine angel eyes upon our western isle,
Which in full choir hails thy approach, O Spring!
The hills tell one another, and the listening
Valleys hear; all our longing eyes are turn’d
Up to thy bright pavilions: issue forth
And let thy holy feet visit our clime!
Come o’er the eastern hills, and let our winds
Kiss thy perfumèd garments; let us taste
Thy morn and evening breath; scatter thy pearls
Upon our lovesick land that mourns for thee.
O deck her forth with thy fair fingers; pour
Thy soft kisses on her bosom; and put
Thy golden crown upon her languish’d head,
Whose modest tresses are bound up for thee.
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When did William Blake release To Spring?
William Blake released To Spring on Wed Jan 01 1783.