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On Another's Sorrow

by Blake

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This is from my current project "Songs of Innocence & Experience" where I take William Blake poems and set them to original music.

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Can I see another's woe,
And not be in sorrow too?
Can I see another's grief,
And not seek for kind relief?

Can I see a falling tear,
And not feel my sorrow's share?
Can a father see his child
Weep, nor be with sorrow filled?

Can a mother sit and hear
An infant groan, an infant fear?
No, no! never can it be!
Never, never can it be!

And can He
who smiles on all
Hear the wren
with sorrows small,

Hear the small bird's
grief and care,
Hear the woes
that infants bear -

And not sit beside the nest,
Pouring pity in their breast,
And not sit the cradle near,
Weeping tear on infant's tear?

And not sit both night and day,
Wiping all our tears away?
O no! never can it be!
Never, never can it be!

He doth give His joy to all:
He becomes an infant small,
He becomes a man of woe,
He doth feel the sorrow too.

Think not thou canst sigh a sigh,
And thy Maker is not by:
Think not thou canst weep a tear,
And thy Maker is not near.

O He gives to us His joy,
That our grief He may destroy:
Till our grief is fled and gone
He doth sit by us and moan.

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released July 10, 2020
Chelsea Furumasu - vocals
Danny O'Hanlon - drums
Michael Blake - vocals, all other instrumentation

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Blake Portland, Oregon

Blake is an artist based in Portland, OR. His latest project is an album of original music set to the poetry of William Blake. His YouTube series blake + poet takes this idea further using some of the worlds best loved poetry as inspiration for original musical compositions. ... more

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