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The Clod and the Pebble by William Blake (text and explanation)

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  The Clod and the Pebble By William Blake   'Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a heaven in hell's despair.' So sung a little clod of clay, Trodden with the cattle's feet; But a pebble of the brook Warbled out these meters meet: 'Love seeketh only Self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a hell in heaven's despite.' The poem was first published in William Blake’s collection of poems “Songs of Experience” in 1794. The poem contrasts two opposing views on love, represented by a soft clod of clay and a hard pebble. The clod represents the more optimistic and perhaps a naive perspective, which views love as a kind of radical selflessness and the willingness to sacrifice. On the other hand, the pebble declares love as pure selfishness. However, the poet does not validate any of the two view points and leaves it to th
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University wits a brief introduction

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University Wits The term University wits refers to a group of late 16 th century English writers who were educated at the universities i.e. the Oxford or the Cambridge University. They were popular secular writers of that time. The most prominent members of this group were: Christopher Marlowe (Cambridge) Robert Greene (Cambridge) Thomas Nashe (Cambridge) John Lyly (Oxford) Thomas Lodge (Oxford) George Peele (Oxford) Thomas Kyd Coinage of Terms The term University Wits was not used in their life time. It was later coined by George Saintsbury who was a 19 th century journalist and author. He writes, “The rising sap of dramatic creativity in the 1580’s showed itself in two separate branches of the national tree.” In the first place, we have group of University Wits. They had university education and were men of letters. In the second, we have the players (by players here we mean actors) and other people who felt themselves forced into literacy and pr
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