by William Blake (1757 - 1827)

Language: English 
Our translations:  RUS
Golden Apollo, that thro' heaven wide
Scatter'st the rays of light, and truth's beams!
In lucent words my darkling verses dight,
And wash my earthy mind in thy clear streams,
That wisdom may descend in fairy dreams:       
All while the jocund hours in thy train
Scatter their fancies at thy poet's feet;
And when thou yields to night thy wide domain,  
Let rays of truth enlight his sleeping brain.

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Text Authorship:

  • by William Blake (1757 - 1827), no title, the initial fragment of the poem "An Imitation to Spenser"

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • RUS Russian (Русский) [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , "Аполлону", copyright © 1981, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-23
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Word count: 69