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The Tiger

By William Blake

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Tiger, tiger, 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?     And what shoulder and what art     Could twist the sinews of thy heart?     And, when thy heart began to beat,     What dread hand and what dread feet?     What the hammer? what the chain?     In what furnace was thy brain?     What the anvil? what dread grasp     Dare its deadly terrors clasp?     When the stars threw down their spears,     And watered heaven with their tears,     Did He smile His work to see?     Did He who made the lamb make thee?     Tiger, tiger, burning bright     In the forests of the night,     What immortal hand or eye     Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

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About William Blake

William Blake (1757–1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker who created his own illuminated books. His collections "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience" contain poems like "The Tyger" and "London," exploring innocence, oppression, and visionary imagination.

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