Ah, Sunflower

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Ah! Sunflower is a poem written by the English poet William Blake. It was published as part of his collection Songs of Experience in 1794.

Allen Ginsberg had an auditory hallucination of Blake reading "Ah, Sunflower"^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] The Poem

Ah Sun-flower! weary of time.
Who countest the steps of the Sun:
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the travellers journey is done

Where the Youth pined away with desire,
And the pale Virgin shrouded in snow:
Arise from their graves and aspire,
Where my Sun-flower wishes to go.