http://www.literaturearticles.com An insight to the world of literature.. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:21:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Poison Tree - William Blake I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe; I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I water'd it in fears, Night & morning with my tears; And I sunned it with my smiles And with soft deceitful wiles. http://www.literaturearticles.com/a-poison-tree.html A Little Girl Lost - William Blake Children of the future Age, Reading this indignant page; Know that in a former time. Love! sweet Love! was thought a crime. In the Age of Gold, Free from winters cold: Youth and maiden bright. To the holy light, Naked in the sunny beams delight. Once a youthful pair Fill’d with softest care; Met in ... http://www.literaturearticles.com/a-little-girl-lost.html A Little Boy Lost - William Blake "Nought loves another as itself, Nor venerates another so, Nor is it possible to thought A greater than itself to know. "And, father, how can I love you Or any of my brothers more? I love you like the little bird That picks up crumbs around the door." http://www.literaturearticles.com/a-little-boy-lost.html A Dream - William Blake Once a dream did weave a shade O'er my angel-guarded bed, That an emmet lost its way Where on grass methought I lay. Troubled, wildered, and forlorn, Dark, benighted, travel-worn, Over many a tangle spray, http://www.literaturearticles.com/a-dream.html A Divine Image - William Blake Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; Terror the human form divine, And Secresy the human dress. The human dress is forged iron, The human form a fiery forge, The human face a furnace sealed, The human heart its hungry gorge. http://www.literaturearticles.com/a-divine-image.html A Cradle Song - William Blake Sweet dreams form a shade, O’er my lovely infants head. Sweet dreams of pleasant streams, By happy silent moony beams Sweet sleep with soft down. Weave thy brows an infant crown. Sweet sleep Angel mild, Hover o’er my happy child. Sweet smiles in the night, Hover over my delight. Sweet smiles Mothers smiles, All the livelong ... http://www.literaturearticles.com/a-cradle-song.html Geoffrey Chaucer was born in 1343. The exact date and place of birth is not known. He was the son of a successful wine merchant and deputy to the king’s butler. His forefathers were in vinery business from decades. He belonged to a stable family in all. Like his date of ... http://www.literaturearticles.com/geoffrey-chaucer.html William Blake is commonly known as a poet. A few people know him as a painter. Blake, a well-known poet today, was not as famous and well known in his life. He was an imaginative and expressive person altogether, as it is evident from his expression of thoughts through poetry ... http://www.literaturearticles.com/biography-and-work-of-william-blake.html Who doesn’t know Shakespeare, may be only those who don’t know how to be charmed by literature. William Shakespeare’s [1564-1616] life is related with superlatives and his works are master-piece in English literature. He wrote about 38 plays with each play resembling like a bright star in the skies of ... http://www.literaturearticles.com/william-shakespeare.html John Donne (Pronounced as “Dun”) was an English poet of scholarly imagination and theological authenticity .He was a contemporary of Marlow and Shakespeare who joint him in the spirit and the supremacy of the revival era. It is hard to find another poet of Donne’s caliber so far versatility and ... http://www.literaturearticles.com/life-and-work-of-john-donne.html