Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916. | | | | From To Morning |
William Blake (1757–1827) |
| | | LO 1 where the Virgin veiléd in airy beams, | |
| All-holy Morn, in splendor awakening, | |
| Heav’ns gate hath unbarrèd, the golden | |
| Aerial lattices set open. | |
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| With music endeth night’s prisoning terror, | 5 |
| With flow’ry incense: Haste to salute the sun, | |
| That for the day’s chase, like a huntsman, | |
| With flashing arms cometh o’er the mountain. | |
| | | Note 1. This is Blake’s lines To Morning in ‘Poetical Sketches’ done into quantitive Alcaics for the chorus in ‘Demeter’ by R. Bridges. [back] | | |
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