The Tyger

William Blake

1. Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
2. In the forests of the night;
3. What immortal hand or eye,
4. Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

• In what distant deeps or skies,
• Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
• On what wings dare he aspire?
• What the hand, dare seize the fire?

1. And what shoulder, & what art,
2. Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
3. And when thy heart began to beat,
4. What dread hand? & what dread feet?

• What the hammer? what the chain,
• In what furnace was thy brain?
• What the anvil? what dread grasp,
• Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

1. When the stars threw down their spears
2. And water'd heaven with their tears:
3. Did he smile his work to see?
4. Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

• Tyger Tyger burning bright,
• In the forests of the night:
• What immortal hand or eye,
• Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?