The Crystal Cabinet William Blake
The Crystal Cabinet
The Maiden caught me in the Wild,
Where I was dancing merrily;
She put me into her Cabinet,
And Lockd me up with a golden key.
5 This cabinet is formd of gold
And pearl & crystal shining bright
And within it opens into a world
And a little lovely moony night.
Another England there I saw,
10 Another London with its Tower,
Another Thames & other Hills,
And another pleasant Surrey Bower.
Another Maiden like herself
Translucent lovely shining clear
15 Threefold each in the other closd;
O what a pleasant trembling fear!
O what a smile, a threefold smile
Filld me that like a flame I burnd;
I bent to Kiss the lovely Maid,
20 And found a Threefold Kiss returnd.
I strove to seize the inmost Form
With ardor fierce & hands of flame
But burst the Crystal Cabinet
And like a weeping Babe became;
25 A weeping Babe upon the wild
And Weeping Woman pale reclind
And in the outward air again
I filld with woes the passing wind.
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