...it'contains some flashes of genius. How exquisite is this passage in] the lines " To the Evening Star " : " Let thy west wind Sleep on the lake ; speak silence...thy glimmering eyes, And wash the dusk with silver. ' Like Matthew Arnold, Blake is a poet's poet; he inspires other souls with poetic emotion. 1 Selections...

...and, while thou drawest the Blue curtains of the sky, scatter thy ^silver dew On every flower that shuts its sweet eyes In timely sleep. Let thy west...Dost thou withdraw ; then the wolf rages wide, And the lion glares thro' the dun forest : The fleeces of our flocks are cover'd with Thy sacred dew :...

...and while thou drawest the " Blue curtains of the sky, scatter thy silver dew " On every flower that shuts its sweet eyes " In timely sleep. Let thy west...glimmering eyes, " And wash the dusk with silver." " Fair Eleanor" — a sort of blank-verse ballad of the Radcliffe type of crime and mystery and horror...

...and while thou drawost round The sky's blue curtains, scatter silver dew On every flower that closes its sweet eyes In timely sleep. Let thy west wind sleep on The lake : simile silence with thy glimmering eyes, And wash the dusk with silver." The two lines, or half lines,...

...vision; — I oould not dispel it. It is from the address "To the Evening Star," by William Blake :— "Speak silence with thy glimmering eyes. And wash the dusk with silver." BLONBELI. r>E IA NF.SI.E. Trouvere ; a minstrel, troubadour or knight-poet. Sirvente : — "a piece...

...and whilst thon drawest round The curtains of the sky, scatter thy dew On every flower that closes its sweet eyes In timely sleep. Let thy west wind...The lake; speak silence with thy glimmering eyes, Andwash the dusk with silver. Soon, full soon, Do»t thon withdraw : then the wolf rages wide, And...

...and whilst thou drawest round The curtains of the sky, scatter thy dew On every flower that closes its sweet eyes In timely sleep. Let thy west wind sleep on The lake ; s^ak silence with thy ylimmering eifvst And icash the d>ak with silver. Soon, full soon, Dont thou...

...loves, and, while thou drawest the Blue curtains of the sky, scatter thy silver dew On every flower that shuts its sweet eyes In timely sleep. Let thy west...Dost thou withdraw ; then the wolf rages wide, And the lion glares thro' the dun forest : The fleeces of our flocks are cover'd with Thy sacred dew :...

...adult productions. The delicacy of touch visible in such lines as those from " To the Evening Star," " Let thy west wind sleep on The lake ; speak silence...thy glimmering eyes, And wash the dusk with silver," is scarcely discernible elsewhere ; and he has written no lyrics more musical than " My silks and fine...

...; and while thou drawest the Blue curtains of the sky, scatter thy silver dew On every flower that shuts its sweet eyes In timely sleep. Let thy West...Dost thou withdraw ; then the wolf rages wide, And the lion glares through the dun forest, The fleeces of our flocks are covered with Thy sacred dew ;...