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. 4 In every cry of every Man, In every Infant’s cry of fear, In every voice: in every ban, The mind-forg'd manacles I hear. 8 How the Chimney-sweeper's cry Every black'ning Church appalls, And the hapless Soldier's sigh Runs in blood down Palace walls. 12 But most, thro' midnight streets I hear How the youthful Harlot's curse Blasts the new born Infant's tear, And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse. 16
"And the hapless Soldier's sigh Runs in blood down Palace walls." Such a powerful image that reminds me of Blake's other brilliant class-conscious observation on war: "The priest loves war, and the soldier peace." The manacles are forged by private property
Who is here cause of english
Me
i would guess at least half of us
yep
who isn't
me
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. 4
In every cry of every Man,
In every Infant’s cry of fear,
In every voice: in every ban,
The mind-forg'd manacles I hear. 8
How the Chimney-sweeper's cry
Every black'ning Church appalls,
And the hapless Soldier's sigh
Runs in blood down Palace walls. 12
But most, thro' midnight streets I hear
How the youthful Harlot's curse
Blasts the new born Infant's tear,
And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse. 16
"And the hapless Soldier's sigh
Runs in blood down Palace walls."
Such a powerful image that reminds me of Blake's other brilliant class-conscious observation on war:
"The priest loves war, and the soldier peace."
The manacles are forged by private property
"mind-forg'd manacles" There is no spoon.
Is anyone acc here cos it’s a good poem
I'm on a William Blake kick rn. Just discovered this and I have to say I love how Idris reads it
Fark's sake, this is absolute crap! No sense of what the poem is saying. He might as well be reading the take-away menu from the local Chinese!
Shit blud he has to go
Underrated comment.
Great poem
Crappy reading of it. Try this one instead. th-cam.com/video/12z2a1L1pk4/w-d-xo.html
How disappointing. I expected a more meaningful rendition from this actor.
and less edited
Blake appreciation is awesome! Nicely done Idris!
English ain’t great
What do you mean mate. I'm British an know it's actually good and not bad as you say.
I love this man so much can you post more about him🤩😎👊
Yes!
This is one of my favourite poems, and Idris Elba has one of the best voices on the planet.
Knock Knock its knuckles
0:16
Hello
King.
So weird to hear Stringer Bell's accent change
You’re taking notes on a criminal conspiracy??!!
Take this crap down
Take this video down immediately!!!!!!!!
wait why?
It aint that deep most people are only here because it's apart of the power and conflict poems
i am in love with this man
Not a good version, sounds awful.Self promoting greed.