XIII. Leave, O leave me to my sorrows. Songs from 'An Island in The Moon'. William Blake. 1908. The Poetical Works

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

Songs from ‘An Island in The Moon’

XIII. Leave, O leave me to my sorrows


LEAVE, 1 O leave me to my sorrows;
Here I’ll sit and fade away,
Till I’m nothing but a spirit,
And I lose this form of clay.

Then if chance along this forest	5
Any walk in pathless ways,
Thro’ the gloom he’ll see my shadow
Hear my voice upon the breeze.

Note 1. XIII] Sung by Miss Gittipin, MS., chap. xi. [back]