The Mind

Memory, hither come

by William Blake 1757–1827

From The Poets and the Poetry of the Century, ed. Alfred H. Miles

The Mind

Memory, hither come,
And tune your merry notes;
And, while upon the wind,
Your music floats,
I'll pore upon the stream,
Where sighing lovers dream,
And fish for fancies as they pass
Within the watery glass.
I'll drink of the clear stream,
And hear the linnet's song;
And there I'll lie and dream
The day along:
And, when night conies, I'll go
To places fit for woe;
Walking along the darken'd valley,
With silent Melancholy.

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