Allen Ginsberg: Would you like to hear one of the Blake songs?
Prabhupāda: Blake song?
Allen Ginsberg: Yes.
Prabhupāda: Yes, why not.
Allen Ginsberg: (to Peter) Do you want to sing "Tears Up"? (singing:)
- Whate'er is born of mortal birth
- Must be consumed with the earth,
- To rise from generations free,
- Then why have I to do with thee?
- The sexes sprung from shame and pride,
- Blow in the morn, in the evening die,
- But mercy change death into sleep
- The sexes rose to walk and weep.
- The mother of my mortal part
- With cruelty did'st mould my heart,
- And with false self-deceiving tears,
- Did'st bind my nostrils, eyes and ears
- Did'st close my tongue in senseless clay
- And be to mortal life betrayed.
- The death of Jesus set me free
- Then what have I to do with thee.
- It is raised, a spiritual body.
Prabhupāda: He believes in spiritual body. That's nice. (laughter)
Allen Ginsberg: It's a,...
Prabhupāda: That is Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.
Allen Ginsberg: ...it's Blake's version.
Prabhupāda: (to Hayagrīva) I think you wrote one article about this?
Hayagrīva: Enlight... I think in one of the Kṛṣṇa Consciousness poetry, I mentioned Blake.
Prabhupāda: Yes.