"To See a World..." (Fragments from "Auguries of Innocence") by: William Blake

To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. A Robin Redbreast in a Cage Shudders Hell thro’ all its regions. Puts all Heaven in a Rage. A dove house fill’d with doves and pigeons A Horse misus’d upon the Road A Dog starv’d at his Master’s Gate Predicts the ruin of the State. Calls to Heaven for Human blood. Shall never pass the Polar Bar. Each outcry of the hunted Hare A fiber from the Brain does tear. He who shall train the Horse to War Poison gets from Slander’s tongue. The Beggar’s Dog and Widow’s Cat, Feed them and thou wilt grow fat. The Gnat that sings his Summer song It is right it should be so; The poison of the Snake and Newt Is the sweat of Envy’s Foot. A truth that’s told with bad intent Beats all the Lies you can invent. Some to Misery are Born. Man was made for Joy and Woe; And when this we rightly know Thro’ the World we safely go. Every Night and every Morn Every Morn and every Night Some are Born to Endless Night. Some are Born to sweet delight. Some are Born to sweet delight,