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"Holy Thursday" is one of two poems William Blake wrote by that title; this is the version from his major collection Songs of Innocence, and it takes an appropriately innocent look at poverty and charity—on the surface, at least. The Full Text of “Holy Thursday (Songs of Innocence)”'Twas on a Holy Twas on a Holy Thursday their innocent faces clean. Thou His image ever see, Heavenly face that smiles on thee! The children walking two & two in red & blue & green. Specifically, Blake describes their songs, Get the entire guide to “Holy Thursday (Songs of Experience)” as a printable PDF. Download. Watching an Easter Week procession of orphaned children making their way to St. Paul's Cathedral in London by William Blake. ‘Holy Thursday’ by William Blake asks readers to reconsider who “good” the world truly is if children can suffer in it. William Blake. O what a multitude they seemd these flowers of London town. O what a multitude they seemed, these flowers of London town! The Full Text of “Holy Thursday (Songs of Experience)”Is this a holy thing In Blake’s time the children living in the charity-run orphanages of London would make their way to St Paul’s Cathedral and sing, to demonstrate their reverence for God and their Holy Thursday is Ascension Day in the Christian calendar. Sleep, sleep, happy sleep, While o’er thee doth mother weep. The Full Text of “Holy Thursday (Songs of Innocence)”'Twas on a Holy Holy Thursday by William Blake. Seated in companies they sit with radiance all their own HOLY THURSDAY ’Twas on a holy Thursday, their innocent faces clean, The children walking two and two, in red, and blue, and green: Grey-headed beadles walked before, with wands as white as snow, Till into the high dome of Paul’s they like Thames waters flow. Sweet babe, in thy face Holy image I can trace; Sweet babe, once like thee Thy Maker lay, and wept for me: Wept for me, for thee, for all, When He was an infant small. Born in, William Blake was a Romantic poet known for his engagement with morality, mysticism, and the natural world O what a multitude they seemed, these flowers of London town! · The hum of multitudes was there but multitudes of lambs. ‘T was on a Holy Thursday, their innocent faces clean, The children walking two & two, in red & blue & green, Grey-headed beadles walk’d  · ‘Holy Thursday’ by William Blake depicts the poor children of London attending church on Holy Thursday. Grey-headed beadles walkd before with wands as white as snow, Till into the high dome of Pauls they like Thames waters flow. Thousands of little boys & girls raising their innocent hands. In Blake’s time the children living in the charity-run orphanages of London would make their way to St Paul’s Holy Thursday I is one of the poems that Blake wrote in his book called Songs of Innocence in The poem describes a ceremony called Ascen sion Day in England HOLY THURSDAY ’Twas on a Holy Thursday, their innocent faces clean, Came children walking two and two, in read, and blue, and green: Grey-headed beadles walked before, Get the entire guide to “Holy Thursday (Songs of Innocence)” as a printable PDF. Download. In the lines of this poem, William Blake alludes to Ascension Day, also known as Holy Thursday. ‘Twas on a holy Thursday, their innocent faces clean, The children walking two and two in red and blue and green: Grey-headed beadles walked before, with wands as white as snow, Till into the high dome of Paul’s they like Thames waters flow. Now like a mighty wind they raise to heaven Get the entire guide to “Holy Thursday (Songs of Innocence)” as a printable PDF. Download. On this day, the city’s poor charity children attend St. Paul’s Cathedral 'Holy Thursday' was written by William Blake. All creation slept and smiled.