Song Poem by William Blake

Song

Rating: 2.7


My silks and fine array,
My smiles and languish'd air,
By love are driv'n away;
And mournful lean Despair
Brings me yew to deck my grave;
Such end true lovers have.

His face is fair as heav'n
When springing buds unfold;
O why to him was't giv'n
Whose heart is wintry cold?
His breast is love's all-worshipp'd tomb,
Where all love's pilgrims come.

Bring me an axe and spade,
Bring me a winding sheet;
When I my grave have made
Let winds and tempests beat:
Then down I'll lie as cold as clay.
True love doth pass away!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dr Dillip K Swain 26 June 2020

A heart song that sings the song of despair! My favourite lines: Bring me an axe and spade/Bring me a winding sheet/When I my grave have made/Let winds and tempests beat...though the song is not a happy song but it reflects the intensity of true love with a condition, 'Then down I'll lie as cold as clay'..A great work!

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Paresh Chakra 27 November 2018

Song is a very beautiful poem

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