William Blake - A Divine Image
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.
November 17, 2006 at 9:01 am
This hungry forge is so appropos to the image presented here, or vice versa. I feel in this intonation, perhaps through the years of placticine synthetic emotion and even artistry, the only true sentiments are those of disbelief and disavowel of true sentiment. This poem once was great and poignant, now seems altogether farcical and what a shame it is. The image almost describes and informs the reality of which I speak in a manner that smacks of the sentiment documented in Blake’s lines, only revitalized.
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February 9, 2007 at 4:44 am
Yeah I have to agree sometimes I show a little jealousy And it has a face
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October 20, 2007 at 5:11 pm
“A divine image”- cruelty, jealousy and terror- this could be television itself. It makes us wonder doesn’t it what our friend would have thought of modern media? I believe he would have resisted the fakery and the distortion of reality.
February 25, 2008 at 8:45 pm
I see these attributes in other animals, too — even to include my dog. Perhaps God, if you are a believer, is the cruel one for creating life the way He did.