Arts & Sciences

William Blake

by James Thomson (B.V.) 1834–1882

From A Voice from the Nile, and Other Poems (1884)

Arts & Sciences

He came to the desert of London town
Grey miles long ;
He wandered up and he wandered down,
Singing a quiet song.

He came to the desert of London town,
Mirk miles broad ;
He wandered up and he wandered down,
Ever alone with God.

There were thousands and thousands of human kind
In this desert of brick and stone :
But some were deaf and some were blind,
And he was there alone.

At length the good hour came ; he died
As he had lived, alone :
He was not missed from the desert wide,
Perhaps he was found at the Throne.

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Dated 1866 in the volume.

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