Why cannot the Ear be closed to its own destruction? Or the glist'ning Eye to the poison of a smile? Why are Eyelids stor'd with arrows ready drawn, Where a thousand fighting men in ambush lie? Or an Eye of gifts and graces show'ring fruits and coined gold? Why a Tongue impress'd with honey from every wind? Why an Ear, a whirlpool fierce to draw creations in? Why a Nostril wide inhaling terror, trembling, and affright? Why a tender curb upon the youthful burning boy? Why a little curtain of flesh on the bed of our desire?
The Song of the Highest Tower
Song Cycle by Roger Smalley (b. 1943)
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Language: English
Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), appears in The Book of Thel
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