Lyric Poem · Love
Divine Image
1To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,
2 All pray in their distress,
3And to these virtues of delight
4 Return their thankfulness.
5For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,
6 Is God our Father dear;
7And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,
8 Is man, his child and care.
9For Mercy has a human heart
10 Pity, a human face;
11And Love, the human form divine;
12 And Peace, the human dress.
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“Divine Image” by William Blake — quilloak.com/poems/divine-image
Quick facts
- Poem
- Divine Image
- Poet
- William Blake
- Length
- 20 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Love, Peace, Childhood
Craft notes
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- Shape
- 20 lines · 5 quatrains
- Line length
- Lines run 6-8 syllables (median 8), consistent with tetrameter. No single length dominates, which is normal once elision and contraction are in play.
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- Author record
- William Blake1757–1827
- Source record
- PoetryDBDivine Image by william-blake, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 0e0de270668ceeef…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.