{"id":3483,"date":"2010-11-28T08:05:03","date_gmt":"2010-11-28T12:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=3483"},"modified":"2012-02-08T14:24:14","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T18:24:14","slug":"advent-i-i-heard-an-angel-singing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=3483","title":{"rendered":"Advent I: I Heard an Angel Singing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Vigil_Angels_Detail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5437\" title=\"Vigil_Angels_Detail\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Vigil_Angels_Detail.jpg\" alt=\"Vigil_Angels_Detail\" width=\"400\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Vigil_Angels_Detail.jpg 500w, https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Vigil_Angels_Detail-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year the First Sunday of Advent happens to fall on the birthday of visionary poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827). And so it seems appropriate to post this poem, with its manifestation of hope in the midst of bleak reality.<\/p>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">I heard an Angel singing<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">When the day was springing,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u201cMercy, Pity, Peace<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Is the world\u2019s release.\u201d<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> <\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Thus he sung all day<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Over the new mown hay,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Till the sun went down<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">And haycocks looked brown.<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> <\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">I heard a Devil curse<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Over the heath and the furze,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u201cMercy could be no more,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">If there was nobody poor,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> <\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">And pity no more could be,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">If all were as happy as we.\u201d<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">At his curse the sun went down,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">And the heavens gave a frown.<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> <\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Down pour\u2019d the heavy rain<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Over the new reap\u2019d grain &#8230;<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">And Miseries\u2019 increase<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Is Mercy, Pity, Peace.<\/span><\/address>\n<p><em>\u2014William Blake<\/em><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Cronos MM', 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: small;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year the First Sunday of Advent happens to fall on the birthday of visionary poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827). And so it seems appropriate to post this poem, with its manifestation of hope in the midst of bleak reality. 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