Several Questions Answered
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
What is it men in women do require?
The lineaments of Gratified Desire.
What is it women do in men require?
The lineaments of Gratified Desire.
The look of love alarms
Because 'tis fill'd with fire;
But the look of soft deceit
Shall Win the lover's hire.
Soft Deceit & Idleness,
These are Beauty's sweetest dress.
He who binds to himself a joy
Dot the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in Eternity's sunrise.
Submitted by Josh Horn
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 460 |
Words | 87 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 2, 4, 1 |
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