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- Title:
- III. "Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed..." (Plate 6)
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1789
- Materials & Techniques:
- Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm), Plate: 6 x 4 1/4 inches (15.2 x 10.8 cm), Spine: 11 1/2 inches (29.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered upper right: "4"; lower center: "III. | Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed. | Art thou a Worm? Image of weakness, art thou but a Worm? I see thee like an infant wrapped in the Lily's leaf Ah! weep not, little voice, thou canst not speak, but thou canst weep. Is this a Worm? I see thee lay helpless and naked, weeping, And none to answer, none to cherish thee with mother's smiles. | The Clod of Clay heard the Worm's voice and rais'd her pitying head: She bow'd over the weeping infant, and her life exhal'd In milky fondness: then on Thel she fix'd her humble eyes. | O beauty of the vales of Har! we live not for ourselves, Thou seest me the meanest thing, and so I am indeed. My bosom of itself is cold, and of itself is dark, | But"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.3(6)
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- baby | children | infant | leaf | literary theme | men | nudes | plant | religious and mythological subject | sash | text | trees | vines | women
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3875
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William Blake, Libros profe´ticos, vol. 1, Atalanta, Vilau¨r, Spain, 2013, p 74, PR4142 .S35 2013 [ORBIS]