Interestingly, William Blake's 'Tyger' poem was originally about Dalmatians.
Dalmatian! Dalmatian! Burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal handiness Dare frame thy fearful spottiness?
When the stars threw down their spears And watered heaven with their tears, Did He smile His work to see? Did He who made the Spotted Pocket Beagle of Shropshire make thee?
Dalmatian! Dalmatian! Burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal handiness Dare frame thy fearful spottiness?
The whole idea is just plain dotty.
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I must admit that Dalmatian looks a little like a mistake by a pointillist artist.
ReplyDeleteSpots is tops backwards. I think that is as good an argument as any.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good argument to make in your blog post.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, William Blake's 'Tyger' poem was originally about Dalmatians.
ReplyDeleteDalmatian! Dalmatian! Burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal handiness
Dare frame thy fearful spottiness?
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the Spotted Pocket Beagle of Shropshire make thee?
Dalmatian! Dalmatian! Burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal handiness
Dare frame thy fearful spottiness?
It's still unclear why he changed it.
Blake is scared it is over the tops, afraid his readers will spot this, opts for a change, stop reading his work and thus your post.
ReplyDelete- Maria
(Oh, and some of his readers thought his work had gone to pots well before that anyhow so all in vain.)
ReplyDelete- Maria