379. A Poison Tree by William Blake
b'W Blake read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------------\\n\\nA Poison Tree\\nby William Blake (1757 \\u2013 1827)\\n\\nI was angry with my friend:\\nI told my wrath, my wrath did end.\\nI was angry with my foe:\\nI told it not, my wrath did grow.\\n\\nAnd I watered it in fears,\\nNight and morning with my tears;\\nAnd I sunned it with smiles,\\nAnd with soft deceitful wiles.\\n\\nAnd it grew both day and night,\\nTill it bore an apple bright.\\nAnd my foe beheld it shine.\\nAnd he knew that it was mine,\\n\\nAnd into my garden stole\\nWhen the night had veiled the pole;\\nIn the morning glad I see\\nMy foe outstretched beneath the tree. \\n\\nFirst aired: 20 December 2007\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008'