Wednesday Gravestoneblogging

Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night
If you come too late to see my bones
They'll lock you in with me, alone

(Lesson for all visitors: Don't wander into a London cemetery after 4 p.m.)

William Blake's remains are in Bunhill Cemetery, in (somewhat) Central London (technically in Islington). He shares a resting place with Isaac Watts, Susanna Wesley (mother of John and Charles), Daniel Defoe (but not Willem Dafoe), and John Bunyan.

Obviously, I did make it out of the cemetery. The attendant who failed to notice I was in the cemetery when he locked the gate finally noticed me as I was standing at the gate, considering how I could scale the fence to escape. It was one of those metal ones with the spikes at the top. I really didn't want to end up like the infamous "Spike Boy" of New York fame, so it was a relief to be able to walk out through an unlocked gate.