The Tyger

by William Blake · 1794 · Nature & Seasons · Lyric
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 seize the fire?
Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

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English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in Romantic poetry.

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