The Tyger
Tyger Tyger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
5 In what distant deeps or skies,
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder, and what art
10 Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand and what dread feet?
Suprised! (Tiger in a Tropical Storm), 1891, Henri Rousseau. Oil on canvas, National Gallery, London.