51/1001 - Shelley, Green, and Blake

Wednesday, April 16th 2025

 Essay: "The Baths of Caracalla" by Percy Bysshe Shelley

This was from a letter to Shelley's friend, Thomas Love Peacock. 

"Come to Rome - it is a scene by which expression is overpowered, which words cannot convey."

Short story: The Wood that Time Forgot by Roger Lancylyn Green

This was chapter 2 from Green's unpublished novel. It was delightful.

Poem:

The Lamb

by William Blake

Little Lamb who made thee 

         Dost thou know who made thee 

Gave thee life & bid thee feed. 

By the stream & o'er the mead;

Gave thee clothing of delight,

Softest clothing wooly bright;

Gave thee such a tender voice,

Making all the vales rejoice! 

         Little Lamb who made thee 

         Dost thou know who made thee 

         Little Lamb I'll tell thee,

         Little Lamb I'll tell thee!

He is called by thy name,

For he calls himself a Lamb: 

He is meek & he is mild, 

He became a little child: 

I a child & thou a lamb, 

We are called by his name.

         Little Lamb God bless thee. 

         Little Lamb God bless thee.