WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827

Ah! Sun-flower

1 Ah, Sun-flower! weary of time,
2 Who countest the steps of the Sun,
3 Seeking after that sweet golden clime
4 Where the traveller’s journey is done:

5 Where the Youth pined away with desire,
6 And the pale Virgin shrouded in snow
7 Arise from their graves, and aspire
8 Where my Sun-flower wishes to go.