Poem by William Blake

To Nobodaddy

Why art thou silent & invisible,
Father of Jealousy?
Why dost thou hide thyself in clouds
From every searching Eye?

Why darkness & obscurity
In all thy works & laws,
That none dare eat the fruit but from
Thy wily serpent's jaws?
Or is it because Secrecy
Gains females' loud applause?

1. Songs of Experience. Nurse's Song
2. Songs of Experience. The Little Girl Found
3. Epigram
4. Songs of Experience. The Sick Rose
5. A Divine Image

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