| William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908. | | | | Songs of Experience | | The Clod and the Pebble |
| | | ‘LOVE 1 seeketh not itself to please, | |
| Nor for itself hath any care, | |
| But for another gives its ease, | |
| And builds a Heaven in Hell’s despair.’ | |
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| So sung a little Clod of Clay, | 5 |
| Trodden with the cattle’s feet, | |
| But a Pebble of the brook | |
| Warbled out these metres meet: | |
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| ‘Love seeketh only Self to please, | |
| To bind another to its delight, | 10 |
| Joys in another’s loss of ease, | |
| And builds a Hell in Heaven’s despite.’ | |
| | | Note 1. The Clod and the Pebble] Title lacking in MS. 5 sung] sang MS. [back] | | |
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