Packet 8: Tossup 13

In a poem partly titled for this place, the speaker “pleaded, outlaw-wise” and traveled “across the margent of the world” before being told, “naught shelters thee, who wilt not shelter me.” The speaker says of a creature from this place (15[1])that “I fled him down the nights and down the days” in that poem, the most famous work by Francis Thompson. This place is mentioned immediately (15[1])following the line “ah, (15[1])but a man’s (*) reach should (10[1])exceed his grasp” (10[4])in Andrea (10[2])del (10[1])Sarto. (10[2])The (10[1])stars are said (10[1])to have (10[1])thrown “down their spears” (-5[1])and watered (10[1])this (-5[1])place (10[1])“with their tears” (10[4]-5[1])in the penultimate stanza of “The Tyger.” (10[1])A figure is said to be “in his” this place before the line “All’s right (10[1])with the world!” (10[2])in “Pippa Passes.” For 10 points, name this first title place of a William Blake (10[1])book (10[1])titled for its “Marriage” (10[1])to its opposite. (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

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