London by William Blake
b"Blake read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------------\\n\\nLondon\\nby William Blake (1757 \\u2013 1827) \\n\\nI wander thro' each charter'd street,\\nNear where the charter'd Thames does flow\\nAnd mark in every face I meet\\nMarks of weakness, marks of woe.\\n\\nIn every cry of every Man,\\nIn every Infants cry of fear,\\nIn every voice: in every ban,\\nThe mind-forg'd manacles I hear\\n\\nHow the Chimney-sweepers cry\\nEvery blackning Church appalls,\\nAnd the hapless Soldiers sigh\\nRuns in blood down Palace walls.\\n\\nBut most thro' midnight streets I hear\\nHow the youthful Harlots curse\\nBlasts the new-born Infants tear,\\nAnd blights with plagues the Marriage hearse."