295. London by William Blake
b"W Blake read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\n http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n \\n Giving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n \\n ---------------------------------------------------\\n \\n London\\n by William Blake (1757 \\u2013 1827) \\n \\n I wander thro' each charter'd street,\\n Near where the charter'd Thames does flow\\n And mark in every face I meet\\n Marks of weakness, marks of woe.\\n \\n In every cry of every Man,\\n In every Infants cry of fear,\\n In every voice: in every ban,\\n The mind-forg'd manacles I hear\\n \\n How the Chimney-sweepers cry\\n Every blackning Church appalls,\\n And the hapless Soldiers sigh\\n Runs in blood down Palace walls.\\n \\n But most thro' midnight streets I hear\\n How the youthful Harlots curse\\n Blasts the new-born Infants tear,\\n And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse.\\n \\n \\n \\n For hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n \\n Reading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008"