tortorino@hamstr.DEC (Sandy T., MKO1-2/H32, 264-5977) (06/15/85)
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" > >A portion was posted in ^^^ that message, and it was correct. The quote is >indeed from Blake, but I think he spelled tiger with an 'i' not a 'y' (ASCII >69 rather than 79 |-) > >As I further recall, it is from a 2-part poem called "Songs of Innocence" >and "Songs of Experience", with the Tiger being experienced. I think I can >remember the next line, too: > > > Tiger, tiger, burning bright, > In the forest of the night, > What immortal hand or eye, > Dare frame thy mortal symmetry? ******************************* 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! Now, from "The Literature of England," Third Edition, Volume Two, From the Romantic Period to the Present, (Anderson, Buckler, Veeder) pub. Scott, Foresman & Co., 1979. THE TYGER, by William Blake, in "Songs of Experience" (a sequel to "Songs of Innocence") Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry? ********************************* I expect I'll get some return flames for this, but as a former English teacher, I just couldn't let this misinformation continue. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + + + + From the memory banks of: + "Never mistake for malice that which + + + + + Sandy Tortorino + can be adequately explained + + DECland, USA + + + Merrimack, NH + by stupidity." + + + + + (decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-hamstr!tortorino) + + + + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++