Poems of William Blake

William Blake

Poems of William Blake

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Poems of William Blake
By William Blake (1757-1827)

Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul
are two books of poetry by the English poet and painter, William Blake. Although Songs of
Innocence was first published by itself in 1789, it is believed that Songs of Experience has
always been published in conjunction with Innocence since its completion in 1794.

Songs of Innocence mainly consists of poems describing the innocence and joy of the
natural world, advocating free love and a closer relationship with God, and most famously
including Blake’s poem The Lamb. Its poems have a generally light, upbeat and pastoral
feel and are typically written from the perspective of children or written about them.

The Book of Thel is a poem by William Blake, dated 1789 and probably worked on in the
period 1788 to 1790. It is illustrated by his own plates, and is relatively short and easy to
understand, compared to his later prophetic books. The metre is a fourteen-syllable line. It
was preceded by Tiriel, which Blake left in manuscript. A few lines from Tiriel were
incorporated into The Book of Thel. This book consists of eight plates executed in
illuminated printing. 15 copies of original print of 1789-1793 are known. Two copies have
watermark of 1815, which are more elaborately colored than the others. (Summary from
Wikipedia)

Total Running Time: 00:55:00; read by Sam Stinson.

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Cover picture by William Blake (c. 1786). Copyright expired in US, Canada, EU and all countries with author’s life
+70 yrs laws. Cover design by Janette Brown. This design is in the public domain.

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