A Poison Tree

In my desparation to keep our blog alive, I have subscribed to About's a- poem- a- day. That doesn't mean I will bombard the blog with a poem everyday. It just means that now a nice play of words such as the one below will have more visibility among our limited audience...

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 water'd it in fears,
Night & morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with my smiles
And with soft deceitful wiles.

And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright;
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine,

And into my garden stole
When the night had veil'd the pole:
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretch'd beneath the tree