William Blake poem that reminded me of Narnia

Lady of the Lion's Mane

Lady of the Lion's Mane

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If this needs to be moved, mods please do. I had no idea where to put this, but I wanted to share it. :D

The following is the poem "Night" by William Blake, and you'll see why it made me think of Narnia and of Aslan. :)

(I'm linking it because I tried twice to get it to post the way it's written, but it wouldn't let me, it just lined up all the lines the same. :eek: Sorry. I guess linking will solve the problem for now. :( )

http://www.bartleby.com/101/491.html
 
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wow, LLM, beautiful poem, and especially the ending!! (which I assume reminds you of Aslan :) ) William Blake is one of my favourite poets.

And Lewis would have been proud-he enjoyed the poetry and writings of William Blake as well (although not wholeheartedly agreeing with all of Blake's somewhat intriguing beliefs)
 
Charn_Tim said:
wow, LLM, beautiful poem, and especially the ending!! (which I assume reminds you of Aslan :) ) William Blake is one of my favourite poets.

And Lewis would have been proud-he enjoyed the poetry and writings of William Blake as well (although not wholeheartedly agreeing with all of Blake's somewhat intriguing beliefs)
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It is beautiful! Yeah, I caught my breath when I read the ending. I think my heart skipped a beat. The part with the tears made me think of MN, when Digory sees Aslan crying. The lamb made me think of VDT, along with it representing us, of course, and the mane---well, my username, and anytime Aslan's Mane is mentioned, like in PC when Lucy buries her face in it and then Aslan says to her what my siggy banner says. :D

I don't think I'm familiar with Blake's "intriguing beliefs." :rolleyes: He was Christian, yes? (judging by this and other poems)
 
L-L-M, thank you for making that poem available. Yes, it does lend itself to thoughts of Aslan...and something in addition. You may know how some Native American tribes would ceremonially ask the forgiveness of game animals for needing to kill them for food. The Blake poem, with its hint of killed animals going to Heaven (to which I say, Well, why not?), brings to mind what my good buddy Timbalionguy has been doing with his novel in progress, "The Lion's Share." While depicting what the life of talking predatory beasts in Narnia might be like, Tim wrote a touching scene of the spirits of slain prey animals arriving safely in Aslan's country.
 
No problem. :) Glad to share. I was aware of the N. Amer. practice. I really like it. (I love Celtic spirituality very much, and things such as that and other instances of closeness and respect for Creation are basic "tenets," if you will. :D)

I firmly believe that all of God's Creation will be transformed and made new in the End. That all will be with Him beyond Time. Besides, the Latin root for 'animal' is 'anima' - soul. :p

I think I will have to go check out his story! It sounds cool!
 
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