{"id":423,"date":"2026-04-12T20:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T03:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/?p=423"},"modified":"2026-04-12T21:03:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T04:03:36","slug":"the-auguries-of-innocence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/the-auguries-of-innocence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Auguries of Innocence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Words by William Blake, Music by Willy Grigg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Augeries3-260407-Willy-Grigg.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Blake_Angel_of_the_Revelation-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Blake_Angel_of_the_Revelation-686x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Angel of the Revelation by William Blake\" class=\"wp-image-426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Blake_Angel_of_the_Revelation-686x1024.jpg 686w, https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Blake_Angel_of_the_Revelation-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Blake_Angel_of_the_Revelation-768x1146.jpg 768w, https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Blake_Angel_of_the_Revelation-1029x1536.jpg 1029w, https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Blake_Angel_of_the_Revelation-1372x2048.jpg 1372w, https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Blake_Angel_of_the_Revelation-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Blake_Angel_of_the_Revelation-scaled.jpg 1715w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Auguries of Innocence By William Blake edit by Willy Grigg 3\/12\/26<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To see a world in a grain of sand<br>Hold infinity in your hand<br>Find a heaven in a wild flower,<br>Live eternity in an hour.<br>A robin redbreast in a cage<br>Puts all Heaven in a rage.<br>A dog starv&#8217;d at his master&#8217;s gate<br>Predicts the ruin of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A horse misus&#8217;d upon the road<br>Calls to Heaven for human blood.<br>Each outcry of the hunted hare<br>A fibre from the brain does tear.<br>The game cock clipp&#8217;d and arm&#8217;d for fight<br>Does the rising Sun affright.<br>Every wolf&#8217;s and lion&#8217;s howl<br>Raises from Hell a human soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He who respects the infant&#8217;s faith<br>Triumphs over Hell and Death.<br>The child&#8217;s toys and the old man&#8217;s reasons<br>Are the fruits of the two seasons.<br>The questioner, who sits so sly,<br>Shall never know how to reply.<br>He who replies to words of doubt<br>Doth put the light of Knowledge out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The strongest poison ever known<br>Came from Caesar&#8217;s laurel crown,<br>Nought can deform the human race<br>Like to the armour&#8217;s iron brace.<br>When gold and gems adorn the plow<br>To peaceful arts shall Envy bow.<br>He who doubts from what he sees<br>Will ne&#8217;er believe, do what you please.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every night and every morn<br>Some to misery are born.<br>Every morn and every night<br>Some are born to sweet delight.<br>Some are born to sweet delight,<br>Some are born to endless night.<br>We are led to believe a lie<br>When we see not thro&#8217; the eye<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which was born in a night<br>to perish in a night,<br>When the Soul slept in \/ beams of light.<br>And while the soul was so inclined<br>nothingness filled up the mind<br>God appears and God is light<br>To those poor souls who dwell in night,<br>But does a human form display<br>To those who dwell in realms of day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words by William Blake, Music by Willy Grigg Auguries of Innocence By William Blake edit by Willy Grigg 3\/12\/26 To see a world in a grain of sandHold infinity in your handFind a heaven in a wild flower,Live eternity in an hour.A robin redbreast in a cagePuts all Heaven in a rage.A dog starv&#8217;d at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-songs-by-willy-grigg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":428,"href":"https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions\/428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willygrigg.com\/wpsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}