[Winter]. Selections from 'The Four Zoas'. William Blake. 1908. The Poetical Works

William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908.

Selections from ‘The Four Zoas’

[Winter]


(Four Zoas, Night V, ll. 30–5.) STILL the faint harps and silver voices calm the weary couch;
But from the caves of deepest Night, ascending in clouds of mist,
The Winter spread his wide black wings across from pole to pole;
Grim Frost beneath and terrible Snow, link’d in a marriage chain,
Began a dismal dance. The Winds around on pointed rocks	5
Settled like bats innumerable, ready to fly abroad.