The Angel
William Blake * Track #8 On Songs of Experience
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The Angel by William Blake
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This little poem tells a story of portection and fear and how the speaker faces the world and learns independence. Guardian angles have a long tradition in many cultures, not least Christianity.
The maiden in Blake’s time would have been taken to be a virgin. She protects herself from the world,...
The Angel Annotated
I dreamt a dream! What can it mean?
And that I was a maiden Queen
Guarded by an Angel mild
Witless woe was ne'er beguiled!
And I wept both night and day
And he wiped my tears away
And I wept both day and night
And hid from him my heart's delight
So he took his wings, and fled
Then the morn blushed rosy red
I dried my tears, and armed my fears
With ten-thousand shields and spears
Soon my Angel came again
I was armed, he came in vain
For the time of youth was fled
And grey hairs were on my head
The Angel Q&A
Who wrote The Angel's ?
The Angel was written by William Blake.