0:00 Intro 0:30 Never seek to tell thy love: A reading 1:14 Love (positive); telling love (negative) 1:58 Expressing vs. telling 2:09 Looking at the verbs 2:50 Action vs. words 3:05 "Told" and "tolled" 3:35 Telling and counting 4:00 Cordelia in King Lear 4:18 Fuseli's painting 4:29 Conclusion In this second video in the series on Blake's poetry I examine the way in which Blake creates a contrast between words and action in his deceptively simple poem, "Never seek to tell your love", sometimes known as "Love's secret". The first video in the series can be found here: https://youtu.be/WXBXodU5qKI Never seek to tell thy love Love that never told can be For the gentle wind does move Silently invisibly I told my love I told my love I told her all my heart Trembling cold in ghastly fears Ah she doth depart Soon as she was gone from me A traveller came by Silently invisibly He took her with a sigh