The Angel (Songs of Experience)
"The Angel" is a poem written by the English poet William Blake. It was published as part of his collection Songs of Experience in 1794.
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William Blake: The Angel. Copy W[1]
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William Blake: Rossetti Manuscript, 1793, No. 52, page p. 103 rev. - The Angel
Poem
I Dreamt a Dream! what can it mean?
And that I was a maiden Queen:
Guarded by an Angel mild:
Witless woe, was ne'er beguil'd!
And I wept both night and day
And he wip'd my tears away
And I wept both day and night
And hid from him my hearts delight
So he took his wings and fled:
Then the morn blush'd rosy red:
I dried my tears & armed my fears,
With ten thousand shields and spears.
Soon my Angel came again;
I was arm'd, he came in vain:
For the time of youth was fled,
And grey hairs were on my head.[2]
Uses
This is one of Blake's poems quoted by a character in David Almond's Skellig.
Notes
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- Copy W, c. 1825, King's College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England.
- Blake, William (1988). Erdman, David V. (ed.). The Complete Poetry and Prose (Newly revised ed.). Anchor Books. p. 24. ISBN 0385152132.
Gallery
- Blake manuscript - Notebook 52 - The Angel
- The Angel, Copy W, c. 1825, King's College, Cambridge, England
- The Angel, Copy W, c. 1825, detail
- Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy AA, 1826 (The Fitzwilliam Museum) object 41 The Angel
- Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy Y, 1825 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) object 41 The Angel
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