1961


No. 7. A Divine Image

Composed by Frank Lewin
Text by William Blake

Innocence and Experience Song Collection


"A Divine Image" is the sixth song and seventh movement in Frank Lewin's song cycle Innocence and Experience, which sets seven texts of William Blake with two instrumental interludes.

Text

A Divine Image
by William Blake

Cruelty has a human heart,
And Jealousy a human face,
Terror the human form divine,
And Secrecy the human dress.

The human dress is forgèd iron,
The human form a fiery forge,
The human face a furnace seal’d,
The human heart its hungry gorge.

Books

The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake

William Blake

Audio

“No. 7. A Divine Image” (from “Innocence and Experience”)
Helen Boatwright (soprano) & Keith Wilson (conductor)1:03

Frank Lewin

Composer

William Blake

Poet(s)/Writer(s)