| William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908. | | | | Selections from ‘The Four Zoas’ | | [The Wanderer] |
| | (Four Zoas, Night I, from a deleted passage following l. 121.)
ENION brooded o’er the rocks: the rough rocks groaning vegetate— | |
| Such power was given to the solitary Wanderer— | |
| The barkèd Oak, the long-limb’d Beech, the Chestnut-tree, the Pine, | |
| The Pear-tree mild, the frowning Walnut, the sharp Crab, and Apple sweet; | |
| The rough bark opens, twittering peep forth little beaks and wings, | 5 |
| The Nightingale, the Goldfinch, Robin, Lark, Linnet and Thrush; | |
| The Goat leap’d from the craggy cliff, the Sheep awoke from the mould; | |
| Upon its green stalk rose the Corn, waving innumerable, | |
| Enfolding the bright infants from the desolating winds. | | | | |
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