Divine Image, William Blake: Summary & Analysis
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In "Divine Image," William Blake explores the divine virtues of Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love as inherently human qualities. Through rhythmic verses and thoughtful imagery, the poem challenges conventional notions of divinity and posits that these virtues are reflections of both God and humanity. By emphasizing the unity of human experience across cultures and religions, Blake underscores the universality of these virtues and their power to connect people. Divine Image
To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,
All pray in their distress,
And to these virtues of delight
Return their thankfulness.
For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,
Is God our Father dear;
And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,
Is man, his child and care.
For Mercy has a human heart
Pity, a human face;
And Love, the human form divine;
And Peace, the human dress.
Then every man, of every clime,
That prays in his distress,
Prays to the human form divine:
Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace.
And all must love the human form,
In heathen, Tur…