Poetry Chaikhana | William Blake - The Divine Image
The Divine Image
by William Blake
Original Language English
To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love
All pray in their distress;
And to these virtues of delight
Return their thankfulness.
For Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love
Is God, our Father dear,
And Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love
Is man, His child and care.
For Mercy has a human heart,
Pity a human face,
And Love, the human form divine,
And Peace, the human dress.
Then every man, of every clime,
That prays in his distress,
Prays to the human form divine,
Love, Mercy, Pity and Peace.
And all must love the human form,
In heathen, Turk or Jew;
Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell
There God is dwelling too.
-- from Music of the Sky: An
Poetry Chaikhana | William Blake - The Divine Image
I have always liked almost all of William Blakes poems, but for years i much preferred the "Songs of Experience" to the "Songs of Innocence" they were darker and took a more realistic view of life:
A Divine Image
Cruelty has a Human Heart.
And Jealousy a Human Face;
Terror the Human Form Divine
And Secrecy the Human Dress....
"Songs of Innocence" reminded me of Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses. I did not distinguish between childlikeness and childishness.
Now when i see The Divine Image i think of Therese of Liseaux and others who get the message early. Mercy, pity, peace, and love: what is more worth our attention?
by William Blake
Original Language English
To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love
All pray in their distress;
And to these virtues of delight
Return their thankfulness.
For Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love
Is God, our Father dear,
And Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love
Is man, His child and care.
For Mercy has a human heart,
Pity a human face,
And Love, the human form divine,
And Peace, the human dress.
Then every man, of every clime,
That prays in his distress,
Prays to the human form divine,
Love, Mercy, Pity and Peace.
And all must love the human form,
In heathen, Turk or Jew;
Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell
There God is dwelling too.
-- from Music of the Sky: An
Poetry Chaikhana | William Blake - The Divine Image
I have always liked almost all of William Blakes poems, but for years i much preferred the "Songs of Experience" to the "Songs of Innocence" they were darker and took a more realistic view of life:
A Divine Image
Cruelty has a Human Heart.
And Jealousy a Human Face;
Terror the Human Form Divine
And Secrecy the Human Dress....
"Songs of Innocence" reminded me of Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses. I did not distinguish between childlikeness and childishness.
Now when i see The Divine Image i think of Therese of Liseaux and others who get the message early. Mercy, pity, peace, and love: what is more worth our attention?