Tag Archives: William-Blake

Nor shall my sword sleep at my side (just a day late)

It didn’t occur to me until today, the morning after William Blake’s 250th anniversary, to post, by way of celebration, Mark Stewart’s version of Jerusalem* with the Maffia, now 25-years-old itself, and sounding, if anything, more contemporary than it did … more…

Posted on November 29, 2007 by pilgrim

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Happy Birthday William Blake

I wander thro’ each charter’d street, Near where the charter’d Thames does flow, And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of woe. In every cry of every Man In every Infant’s cry of fear, In every … more…

Posted on November 28, 2002 by pilgrim

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