The Tyger
William Blake
1757 to 1827
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Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire ______ thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What ______ hand, dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder, & ______ art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And ______ thy heart began to beat.
What dread hand? & ______ dread feet?
What the hammer? what the chain,
In ______ furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp.
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
When the stars threw ______ their spears
And water'd heaven with their tears:
Did ______ smile his work to see?
Did he who made ______ Lamb make thee?
Tyger Tyger burning bright,
In the ______ of the night:
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare ______ thy fearful symmetry?