| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| William Blake. 1757–1827 |
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| 488. Hear the Voice |
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| HEAR the voice of the Bard, | |
| Who present, past, and future, sees; | |
| Whose ears have heard | |
| The Holy Word | |
| That walk'd among the ancient trees; | 5 |
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| Calling the lapsèd soul, | |
| And weeping in the evening dew; | |
| That might control | |
| The starry pole, | |
| And fallen, fallen light renew! | 10 |
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| 'O Earth, O Earth, return! | |
| Arise from out the dewy grass! | |
| Night is worn, | |
| And the morn | |
| Rises from the slumbrous mass. | 15 |
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| 'Turn away no more; | |
| Why wilt thou turn away? | |
| The starry floor, | |
| The watery shore, | |
| Is given thee till the break of day.' | 20 |
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