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Poem by William Blake


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O LAPWING! thou fliest around the heath,	
Nor seest the net that is spread beneath.	
Why dost thou not fly among the corn fields?	
They cannot spread nets where a harvest yields.



William Blake


William Blake's other poems:
  1. The Everlasting Gospel
  2. The Two Songs
  3. Three Things to Remember
  4. The Fairy
  5. Songs of Experience. The Little Girl Found


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