colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (06/18/85)
[Oh that Buggy Boogie Woogie sweeps me off my feet] > In answer to a request for a source for a quotation, Robert Orenstein and > Gary Benson provided these precious replies: > > >The complete poem is as follows: > > > Tiger Tiger, burning bright > > In the forests of the night > > I wish I may, I wish I might > > Have the wish I wish tonight. > > > > (wish is made here, silently) > > >...from William Blake's "A Child's Book of Nursery Rhymes" > > My question is, where did these people learn about Blake? Before jumping in > with a show-off answer to a legitimate question, why don't they just look up > the damn thing in an old textbook? Blake's work is included in most, if not > all, college English texts! > > I expect I'll get some return flames for this, but as a former English > teacher, I just couldn't let this misinformation continue. Hold your flames, folks! Not all English teachers lack a sense of humor ... only those in New Hampshire. -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel