Adventures in Bookland: Blake by Peter Ackroyd

Blake by Peter Ackroyd

To see a life upon a page,

A vision of heaven and hell,

Takes us to the edge of life’s stage

And shatters th’enclosing shell.

A prophet graving with studied hand

A world that mocks and scorns

A poet who makes his stand

And people tied in thorns.

Would we all like Blake could see

With  fourfold vision divine

Then no matter where we might be

We’d see full and our eyes, shine.