London - William Blake poem reading | Jordan Harling Reads

Poetry reading of London by William Blake.

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Full poem text, public domain (also available in subtitles):

I wander thro' each charter'd street,
Near where the charter'd Thames does flow.
And mark in every face I meet
Marks of weakness, marks of woe.

In every cry of every Man,
In every Infants cry of fear,
In every voice: in every ban,
The mind-forg'd manacles I hear

How the Chimney-sweepers cry
Every blackning Church appalls,
And the hapless Soldiers sigh
Runs in blood down Palace walls

But most thro' midnight streets I hear
How the youthful Harlots curse
Blasts the new-born Infants tear
And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse

London, written by William Blake. Narrated by Jordan Harling.

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Background music:

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Author image:

Thomas Phillips [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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