441. The Garden of Love by William Blake
b"W Blake read by Classic Poetry Aloud: Giving voice to the poetry of the past.\\nwww.classicpoetryaloud.com\\n\\n--------------------------------------------\\n\\nThe Garden of Love\\nby William Blake (1757 \\u2013 1827)\\n\\nI went to the Garden of Love,\\nAnd saw what I never had seen;\\nA Chapel was built in the midst,\\nWhere I used to play on the green.\\n\\nAnd the gates of this Chapel were shut,\\nAnd 'Thou shalt not' writ over the door;\\nSo I turned to the Garden of Love\\nThat so many sweet flowers bore.\\n\\nAnd I saw it was filled with graves,\\nAnd tombstones where flowers should be;\\nAnd priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,\\nAnd binding with briars my joys and desires.\\n\\n\\n\\nFirst aired: 21 January 2008\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2009"