The Lilly

 The Lilly

This is a poem created by William Blake for his self-printed book The Songs of Experience, published in 1794:

The modest rose puts forth a thorn:

The humble sheep, a threatening horn:

While the Lilly white, shall in love delight,

Nor a thorn  nor a threat stain her beauty bright.

おとなしい薔薇は棘を出す。

慎ましい羊は、脅しの角を出す。

なのに白い百合には、愛の喜びのうち、

美の輝きをけがす棘も脅しもありはしない。