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Quotation from The Tyger by William Blake
“In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand, dare sieze the fire?”
The Tyger, Stanza 2 (Lines 5-8) (Songs of Experience, 1794)
The question of origin reaches to the depths and heights, and the maker who seizes fire recalls Prometheus and Icarus.
Citation: "In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand, dare sieze the fire?" — William Blake, The Tyger, Stanza 2 (Lines 5-8) (Songs of Experience, 1794). (id the-tyger-q2)
Portrait: Songs of Innocence and of Experience: The Tyger, William Blake, CC0.
