 What the hammer ? what the chain ? In what furnace was thy brain ? What the anvil ? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp ? When the stars threw down their spears, And watered heaven with their tears, Did he smile his work to see ? Did he who...  Californian Illustrated Magazine - Page 4511893Full view - About this book
 | John Macmillan Brown - English literature - 1894 - 436 pages
...PREPARATION The Tiger is a question as to the purpose of the creation of such ravening power and beauty ; " When the stars threw down their spears, And watered...smile his work to see ? Did he who made the lamb make thee ?" The Little Vagabond is a suggestion that the combination of the alehouse and the church might... | |
 | James Baldwin - English poetry - 1894 - 376 pages
...thy deadly terrors clasp ? When the stars threw down their spears, And sprinkled heav'n with shining tears, Did He smile, his work to see ? Did He who made the lamb make thee ? — WILLIAM BLAKE. 35THE NIGHTINGALE. As it fell upon the day In the merry month of May, Sitting... | |
 | John Vance Cheney - American poetry - 1895 - 466 pages
...wake, Then the dreadful light shall break. THE TIGER. TIGER, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Framed thy fearful...passion not found again till we come to Burns. The photography of Thomson, the classic handling of Gray and Collins, the smooth, soothing rurality of... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1895 - 656 pages
...hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain ? What the anvil ? What dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? When the stars threw down their...smile His work to see? Did He who made the lamb, make thec? Tiger, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, Kate Stephens, George Henry Browne - Literature - 1895 - 328 pages
...what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp ? When the stars threw down their spears, And water'd heaven with their tears, Did he smile his work to see ? Did He who made the lamb make thee ? Tiger, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame... | |
 | Oswald Crawfurd - 1896 - 494 pages
...hammer ? What the chain ? In what furnace was thy brain ? What the anvil ? What dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? When the stars threw down their...smile His work to see ? Did He who made the lamb, make thee ? Tiger, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night ! What immortal hand or eye Dare frame... | |
 | Longman (Firm) - Readers - 1896 - 200 pages
...In what furnace was thy brain ? What the anvil ? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp ? 5. When the stars threw down their spears, And watered...smile His work to see ? Did He who made the lamb make thee ? 6. Tiger, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare... | |
 | Gregory Orr - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 250 pages
...what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? When the stars threw down their spears, And water'd heaven with their tears. Did he smile his work to see? Did he who made the Lamb make thee? The tiger's "fearful symmetry" (its frightening, flamelike stripes of orange and black) prompts... | |
 | David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer - Fiction - 2009 - 512 pages
...has metaphorical reverberations that ambiguously evoke abandoned pets, orphans, and abused children. Did he smile his work to see? Did he who made the lamb make thee? William Blake tel was the first to see the car coming down the driveway from the main road. He... | |
 | Reuven Tsur - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 388 pages
...the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? When the stars threw down their...smile his work to see? Did he who made the Lamb make thee? Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye, Dare frame... | |
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