One of my favorites

For those of you who prefer the romantic poets, here's one for you:

The Tyger

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare sieze the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art.
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?

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 made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? 

 -William Blake (1794)


An absolutely beautiful poem that I immediately fell in love with when I first read it. It has such an amazing message for the reader to figure out and really gives you something to think about. Hope you all enjoy it! This is definitely one of my top two favorites. Hopefully later this week I'll be able to post my review of "Shadowland" and maybe throw a new poem in there too. : )