Reaching for the lovely, peaceful warmth of the sun

Ah! Sunflower

William Blake - 1757-1827

 

Ah! sunflower, weary of time,

Who countest the steps of the sun,

Seeking after that sweet golden clime

Where the traveler’s journey is done;

 

Where the youth pined away with desire,

And the pale virgin shrouded in snow,

Arise from their graves and aspire;

Where my sunflower wishes to go.

Done