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THE TYGER (from Songs Of Experience)
By William Blake
read by Samuel West

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?

1794


read by Samuel West
for The Product Exchange Ltd.
Recorded at AudioProductions London
Studio direction- David Ansdell, sound production - Robert Nichol
Thanks to Frank Rodgers for letting this be shared

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  • @missrocknrolljazz

    OMG!! same here

  • @lovelove5516 Dude, I'm in 5th Grade. We have to memorize this BY TOMORROW!! I'm studying....:)

  • I love William Blake's Poems <3

    Thumbs Up if you like his poems as well :D

  • Am I the only one who thinks the lyrics to this would make a kick ass punk song?

  • Stop talking about "the mentalist", there isn no comparison with Blake.

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  • Powerful

    

  • @beentheredumpedthat I take it back. Found the Michael Sheen recording. I can hear the difference now. It's really close though.

  • Are you sure it isn't Michael Sheen reading this? I swear this sounds EXACTLY like Michael Sheen.

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