| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | William Blake | | By James Thomson (1834–1882) |
| | | HE came to the desert of London town | |
| Grey miles long; | |
| He wander’d up and he wander’d down, | |
| Singing a quiet song. | |
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| He came to the desert of London town, | 5 |
| Mirk miles broad; | |
| He wander’d up and he wander’d down, | |
| Ever alone with God. | |
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| There were thousands and thousands of human kind | |
| In this desert of brick and stone: | 10 |
| But some were deaf and some were blind, | |
| And he was there alone. | |
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| At length the good hour came; he died | |
| As he had lived, alone: | |
| He was not miss’d from the desert wide,— | 15 |
| Perhaps he was found at the Throne. | | | | |
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