{"id":575,"date":"2010-06-26T05:11:07","date_gmt":"2010-06-26T05:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=575"},"modified":"2010-06-26T05:11:07","modified_gmt":"2010-06-26T05:11:07","slug":"a-poison-tree-by-william-blake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/a-poison-tree-by-william-blake\/","title":{"rendered":"A Poison Tree by William Blake"},"content":{"rendered":"
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William Blake (1757?1827)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Poison Tree by William Blake<\/p>\n

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I was angry with my friend:
\nI told my wrath, my wrath did end.
\nI was angry with my foe:
\nI told it not, my wrath did grow.<\/p>\n

And I watered it in fears,
\nNight and morning with my tears;
\nAnd I sunned it with smiles,
\nAnd with soft deceitful wiles.<\/p>\n

And it grew both day and night,
\nTill it bore an apple bright.
\nAnd my foe beheld it shine.
\nAnd he knew that it was mine,<\/p>\n

And into my garden stole
\nWhen the night had veiled the pole;
\nIn the morning glad I see
\nMy foe outstretched beneath the tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Poison Tree by William Blake ? I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I watered it in fears, Night and morning with my tears; And I sunned it with smiles, And with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1700s"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t