<em>“When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.”</em> <em>“To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.”</em> <em>“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”</em> <strong>William Blake</strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> We return to one of my favourite poets, William Blake. He was a 18<sup>th</sup> Century English poet, writer, artist and mystic. He was largely unrecognised in his own lifetime but is now considered as a genius and champion of the Romantic Age. He and his works remain somewhat enigmatic even to this day. He was deeply religious with a strong social conscious. He was particularly moved by the French Revolution and yearned to see similar upheavals in England. This of course aroused considerable suspicion among a ruling class fearful of revolutionary contagion at home. His work was seen as subversive and he was lucky to escape arrest and imprisonment. Blake stands out as a unique figure in British art and literature. He pioneered new and exciting printing techniques and has a huge and loyal following today “The Tyger” is one of Blake’s most quoted and famous poems. Written in 1794 and published in his collection The Songs of Experience.<em> </em>The tiger is the epitome of fire and fear. It compliments an earlier poem “The Lamb” (included below) when he asks “Did he who made the Lamb make thee?”. Like so much of Blake’s works, he is guided by his strong religious faith <strong>The Tyger</strong> Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In