The Tyger (1st draft)



The Tyger

1  Tyger Tyger, burning bright In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye. [Could del.] [Dare del.] frame thy fearful symmetry?

2  [In what del.] [Burnt in  del.] distant deeps or skies. [Burnt the del.] [The cruel   del.] fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand, dare sieze the fire?

3  And what shoulder & what art Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat What dread hand & what dread feet

[Could fetch it from the furnace deep And in [the altered to] thy horrid ribs dare steep In the well of sanguine woe? In what clay & in what mould Were thy eyes of fury roll'd? del.] 4  [What del.] Where the hammer? [What del.] Where the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what [the arm del.] [arm del.] [grasp del.] [clasp del.] dread grasp. [Could del.] Dare its deadly terrors [clasp del.] [grasp del.] clasp?

Tyger Tyger burning bright. In the forests of the night: What immortal hand [or del.] & eye. Dare [form  del.] frame thy fearful symmetry?

5 3 And [did he laugh del.] dare he [smile del.] [laugh del.] his work to see? [What the (shoulder del.) ankle? What the knee? del.] 4 [Did del.] Dare he who made the lamb make thee? 1 When the stars threw down their spears 2 And water'd heaven with their tears