Tyger Tyger, burning bright, | |
In the forests of the night; | |
What immortal hand or eye, | |
Could frame thy fearful symmetry? | |
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In what distant deeps or skies, | 5 |
Burnt the fire of thine eyes? | |
On what wings dare he aspire? | |
What the hand, dare sieze the fire? | |
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And what shoulder, & what art, | |
Could twist the sinews of thy heart? | 10 |
And when thy heart began to beat, | |
What dread hand? & what dread feet? | |
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What the hammer? what the chain, | |
In what furnace was thy brain? | |
What the anvil? what dread grasp, | 15 |
Dare its deadly terrors clasp? | |
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When the stars threw down their spears, | |
And water'd heaven with their tears: | |
Did he smile his work to see? | |
Did he who made the Lamb make thee? | 20 |
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Tyger Tyger burning bright | |
In the forests of the night: | |
What immortal hand or eye, | |
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? | |
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