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Poet: William Blake
Poem: Three Things to Remember
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Dec 23 2006
Comment 1 of 1, added on July 18th, 2006 at 5:13 PM.
These lines are lifted from the Auguries of Innocence, which has about 132 lines. The birds mentioned in "Three Things to Remember" are significant since most have a symbolic meaning. The Red-Breast Robin has been linked to the breed that tried to remove the thorns from Jesus as he was suffering on the cross. With the wren, there were some Druid practices involved with it; its feathers were also believed to prevent sailors from drowning.
I wish the owl had been included in this "lifting". The owl is a bird of evil portent--think Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. The line from Auguries: "The owl that calls upon the night speaks the unbeliever's fright."
dallas
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These lines are lifted from the Auguries of Innocence, which has about 132 lines. The birds mentioned in "Three Things to Remember" are significant since most have a symbolic meaning. The Red-Breast Robin has been linked to the breed that tried to remove the thorns from Jesus as he was suffering on the cross. With the wren, there were some Druid practices involved with it; its feathers were also believed to prevent sailors from drowning.
I wish the owl had been included in this "lifting". The owl is a bird of evil portent--think Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. The line from Auguries: "The owl that calls upon the night speaks the unbeliever's fright."
dallas