513. Lullaby 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\\nLullaby\\nA prologue to King Edward the Fourth\\nby William Blake (1757 \\u2013 1827)\\n\\nO for a voice like thunder, and a tongue\\nTo drown the throat of war! - When the senses\\nAre shaken, and the soul is driven to madness,\\nWho can stand? When the souls of the oppressed\\nFight in the troubled air that rages, who can stand?\\nWhen the whirlwind of fury comes from the\\nThrone of God, when the frowns of his countenance\\nDrive the nations together, who can stand?\\nWhen Sin claps his broad wings over the battle,\\nAnd sails rejoicing in the flood of Death;\\nWhen souls are torn to everlasting fire,\\nAnd fiends of Hell rejoice upon the slain,\\nO who can stand? O who hath caused this?\\nO who can answer at the throne of God?\\nThe Kings and Nobles of the Land have done it!\\nHear it not, Heaven, thy Ministers have done it!\\n\\nFirst aired: 19 November 2009\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2009'