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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A FAIRY STEPPED UPON MY KNEE, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: We turn to what will joy & please | |||
A fairy skipd upon my knee Singing & dancing merrily I said Thou thing of patches rings Pins Necklaces & such like things Disguiser of the Female Form Thou paltry gilded poisnous worm Weeping he fell upon my thigh And thus in tears did soft reply Knowest thou not O Fairies Lord How much by us Contemnd Abhorrd Whatever hides the Female form That cannot bear the Mental storm Therefore in Pity still we give Our lives to make the Female live And what would turn into disease We turn to what will joy & please | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CRADLE SONG by WILLIAM BLAKE A CRADLE SONG, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE A DIVINE IMAGE, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE A DREAM, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE A LITTLE BOY LOST, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE A LITTLE GIRL LOST, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE A POISON TREE, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE A WAR SONG TO ENGLISHMEN by WILLIAM BLAKE ALL RELIGIONS ARE ONE by WILLIAM BLAKE AN ANCIENT PROVERB by WILLIAM BLAKE |
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