I. THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE SuNDAY tANtAtY 12, 192a
Resurget William Blake
Editorial Nsote; This is the sec-ontd of actst not, breeds pestilence"; "twhatI read his "Songs of Innocence", and i t rot' " ft' 1he Tiger, Blke's most
a eries o artictes ahout writers 01 is no0w troved woo once only imag-a"Songs of Experience" we can see tititonsoem)00, Sinbrne sid that it
ott otdei' toy. iner";'the eage never lost so toucit'ahy Swinhtrne eulogizes ]tint, 'why woo "ototem tieyondt praise for its
titie as when he sttbmtittedl to learn (Stiawo is aoways eager tti castigate an ierent Beauty and vigor of ttitsic."
(Bty Hardy Hlomer) of the crow." Are these the thoigtts Englist-stteaking world whichttttt ittBlktike Sintbnrne created ta tng-
A few of the chosen tminds of tie of 0ait ad an? tinow, has refused to recognize Bltketsie flj o0 symblitsio whih, it on rare
lseissiou of his lyrical gifts has geniu. tis verse is remarkable cief cc sio io to vge and otsre, io or-
Victorian eoa sow Wiliam Blatke 05town reseved ttntit lot ecase it is! ly for its tmusicat qaities, it' yia 'ia 'tant rfrehing, whie ttake's in
the wolrd is beginning to see tirtn to- tat trt of Bttake which ts receiving chartm, novelty and freshtnes, its 59mtelec and 'sytemi of thinking re-
day. Tbose, wtot hove taken ttie' the iost attention. Anyotne who ! tolic depttt of thoght, pt forth 10na i ie Wat Whittan's; ttiflow, the
trouibte to uitdetstandtimr, resptet'Wishes to stoke at claim itt anIntel- font oohih aethil at)appreiae.ithmItandithte mutsi ofhis verse re-
leo-uat goltd mine nsottd prot'tre a ItHis thild verse equats, if it dostot.t mit one (it C'oertge, Kets, and Pe.
him witht aprofitndity iiwhicthis aiaz-.'votuie of Batke's poetry. When weiexel,.Stevetson's '"thi's tGailde) oflt'il-iiieit 00Page 3)
ittg to those woi see itnhim nloy tn
eccentric, a tmystic, anttanonbitatanceit
vi'iionary Fity years fromi 1(iow, i
themiinds ofottlltitikiitg peoiuie, 1Iltahe
'wil protiatbtyhave attained a higther
posititotiani Wordsorott o0wtiotds.j
Tfhere re ttiose wohtregard hiim as,
one of the great teachters andt super-
mten of history IHoweve r that may
he, no one, who witshes to keep areast!
of contetmitorary thought anl to an-
ticipa~te futtire ttiottgtt, eon 'iett f-
ford tit negtectIitn.
Thte events of Bltite's ife are in itt'
mit 'un iiinterestittg nd givt' usltl
clii to the mnimtotsef, "'Tis man
wis horn, lived, dranik, anid die.t''Y
His stpan of years wnas exatety three'
sioreanid tern (177-1827). tHe wasi
ttorn 'anit lived tiost of his life ill
tLondon.Bytradte ie I wOOattanen-{
giraver. IBiograptiers anid critics (if-
fer as to tthe retativ e tierits of his
art (forlhis nctgt'aving wssarti andi
his potry. 'flere re some wtto,
ant nt hiii pre-eminence onlty as ani
engraver. Certain it is that his Cl-1
gravings 'are renmarkablte for their
vividt imaginiativ-eness, tteir powaerfulctt'
'nl stratige originaity. 'Thtese hIto
did, not only ftrsome of the works of r
proltinet cotemt'pitorary Ipoets, Blir
and Yottng, btt for his ownm tystic-al
and11phiiitophOtitall works. 9
Littte is knowon of Blatke's personlt
chiaracteiistics. Ito woo excedingty -
generouis,, a hard owortker, a kand titn.E
He was sutject to the visitationis of
revelatiolts and Iteaventy visions;
whoseaititticBity he neer doulbed.
tnspiraition l iayedt a 1la1ge tart ii his (
if). It his(00w11tit ttteni te 0was
conllsideredit taltt, te'was regordodst
as tilti. ExOcetinig tie Iprofessionla
retputation 15siln)eng'ivr'lie ch~tieved
no1 faime1'ori')distitnitionltuinl'ig his life-
We at-e'not tere loenerlleit witto enng gowns wih convey beatut-
Btatke's retetation as it commiierciat fully and originally the freshness and
craftsmatn, We are interested in hiitmcam fyot
as a ttiiiter unit on a yrcat poet. Andchrmofyot
since tie blended the twot so skittl-
fully, end store te was sich an oig-
ial anid earliest ttiinkler, it is nmal
wonier that tis effots ni-re takteo for 25 0
mnadness. For instanre "t waltei ttte xff
$8950
other eveninig to the end of tthetheath
unito101)-elt the stty with my finger"
Tiswsantthe'reaction f ia lmystictoti
phtilosipical califahott "thre vast-jHao~ lvs udf~ca l
niess of s ,ore." H sey lvs newa l
Mystieinm is thle hey tii Blake. )Oe
stands bin. tHe was tborn a Irostie ctCCcaOfCO for Smatt fomtal atie
tnd rontinueit so As a childt he
screamiedl teause it' saiitlie sow tiot
iltlhis. fore to tthe winitowe AnottiirI
time le 'ow' ittree flitedl withtrightit
and lanzling angls. His ptitosopthy,!
in anwott, is ttiat the eartti is not a0
stunit is tte only ri aliti',that rim-
and tiaitionlithsmreaily.sothe' not
onliy possite tit ttkeyproblttat iio d y a '
"theswortdisiyet to ringnwit lii!
Ieas" iere are a few- of lisI'l,-
ings fromnisl greatest work "The Miar-
riage of Hleaven and Hel". "Nu trd;
soirstoo11 high it he soars with hisI
05011 wings"; "he who tdesires butitl