Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare sieze the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art.
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

Willian Blake

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No one was home but it seems like a woodworking shop where old pieces can be repaired and new one carved.

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The exhibition style has changed since my last visit. There was at that time an effort to put the objects in an enviroment simulating a circus back lot. Pieces are no displayed in open "blank" space.

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"Built in 1905, the Wisconsin was John Ringling’s private rail car, which carried he and Mable around the country and back and forth between their homes in New York and Sarasota, Florida. At 79 feet long, the car contains full sleeping compartments, kitchen, bathrooms and servant’s quarters. Much of the rail car’s interiors including inlaid mahogany, ornate moldings and stained glass are original."

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