WILLIAM
BLAKE
BY JAMES THOMSON
He came to the desert
of London town
Gray miles long;
He wandered up and he wandered down,
Singing a quiet song.
He came to the desert of London
town,
Mirk miles broad;
He wandered up and he wandered down,
Ever alone with God.
There were thousands
and thousands of human kind
In this desert of brick and stone;
But some were deaf and some were blind,
And he was there alone.
At length the good
hour came; he died
As he had lived, alone.
He was not missed from the desert wide;
Perhaps he was found at the throne.
