Collected Poems of William Blake

By Blake, William

Book Id: WPLBN0003468674
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Title:	Collected Poems of William Blake
Author:	Blake, William
Volume:	Volume 11, The Reader's Library Series
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Drama and Literature, Poetry
Collections:	Authors Community, Poetry
Historic Publication Date:	2015
Publisher:	William Ralph Press

Member Page:	Neil Azevedo
Citation APA MLA Chicago Blake, B. W. (2015). Collected Poems of William Blake. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
A complete collection of the poems of William Blake. Blake (1757-1827) was an English poet, engraver, and painter. Early in his life, his unique and deceptively simple poems marked the beginning of Romanticism, particularly those from his volumes Songs of Innocence (1789) and Songs of Experience (1794). Later work evolved into long mythological pieces informed by visions Blake claimed to have throughout his life. This volume collects all his poetic output, including those unfinished fragments in manuscript form.

Summary
A complete collection of the poems of William Blake.

Excerpt
The Tyger 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 seize 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 water’d 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?

Table of Contents
Introduction POETICAL SKETCHES To Spring To Summer To Autumn To Winter To the Evening Star To Morning Fair Elenor Song (How sweet I roam'd...) Song (My silks and fine array...) Song (Love and harmony combine...) Song (I love the jocund dance...) Song (Memory, hither come...) Mad Song Song (Fresh from the dewy hill...) Song (When early morn walks forth...) To the Muses Gwin, King of Norway An Imitation of Spenser Blind Man’s Buff King Edward the Third Prologue, Intended for a Dramatic Piece of King Edward the Fourth Prologue to King John A War Song to Englishmen The Couch of Death Contemplation Samson Song 1st by a Young Shepherd Song 2nd by a Young Shepherd Song by an Old Shepherd AN ISLAND IN THE MOON SONG OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE Songs of Innocence: Introduction The Shepherd The Ecchoing Green The Lamb The Little Black Boy The Blossom The Chimney Sweeper The Little Boy Lost The Little Boy Found Laughing Song A Cradle Song The Divine Image Holy Thursday Night Spring Nurse’s Song Infant Joy A Dream On Anothers Sorrow Songs of Experience: Introduction Earth’s Answer The Clod & the Pebble Holy Thursday The Little Girl Lost The Little Girl Found The Chimney-Sweeper Nurses Song The Sick Rose The Fly The Angel The Tyger My Pretty Rose Tree Ah! Sun-Flower The Lily The Garden of Love The Little Vagabond London The Human Abstract Infant Sorrow A Poison Tree A Little Boy Lost A Little Girl Lost To Tirzah The Schoolboy The Voice of the Ancient Bard A Divine Image: An Additional Poem, Etched about 1794 POEMS FROM "THE ROSSETTI MANUSCRIPT" "Never seek to tell thy love..." "I laid me down upon a bank..." "I saw a Chapel all of gold..." "I asked a thief to steal me a peach..." "I heard an Angel singing..." A Cradle Song "I feard the fury of my wind..." "Why should I care for the men of thames..." Infant Sorrow "Silent Silent Night..." "Thou hast a lap full of seed..." In a Mirtle Shade To Nobodaddy "Are not the joys of morning sweeter..." The Wild Flowers Song To My Mirtle Day The Fairy Motto to the Songs of Innocence and of Experience "Let the Brothels of Paris be opened..." "A fairy skipd upon my knee..." To Mrs Ann Flaxman "My Spectre around me night & day..." "Beneath the white thorn lovely May..." "When Klopstock England defied..." "Mock on Mock on Voltaire Rousseau..." "I saw a Monk of Charlemaine... Morning The Birds "You dont believe—I wont attempt to make ye..." “If it is true what the Prophets write..." "I will tell you what Joseph of Arimathea..." "Why was Cupid a Boy..." "Now Art has lost its mental Charms..." "I rose up at the dawn of day..." "The Caverns of the Grave Ive seen..." To the Queen The Everlasting Gospel: Alpha The Everlasting Gospel: Beta The Everlasting Gospel: Beta The Everlasting Gospel: Gamma The Everlasting Gospel: Delta The Everlasting Gospel: Epsilon The Everlasting Gospel: Zeta The Everlasting Gospel: Eta The Everlasting Gospel: Theta THE PICKERING MANUSCRIPT The Smile The Golden Net The Mental Traveller The Land of Dreams Mary The Crystal Cabinet The Grey Monk Auguries of Innocence Long John Brown & Little Mary Bell William Bond POEMS FROM LETTERS To John Flaxman, 12 September 1800 To Mrs Flaxman, 14 September 1800 To Thomas Butts, 2 October 1800 To Mrs Butts To Thomas Butts, 22 November 1802 To Thomas Butts, 16 August 1803 GNOMIC VERSES, EPIGRAMS AND SHORT SATIRICAL PIECES TIRIEL THE BOOK OF THEL THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL THE FRENCH REVOLUTION VISIONS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF ALBION AMERICA: A PROPHESY EUROPE: A PROPHESY THE BOOK OF URIZEN THE SONG OF LOS THE BOOK OF LOS THE BOOK OF AHANIA VALA, OR THE FOUR ZOAS MILTON JERUSALEM THERE IS NO NATURAL RELIGION ALL RELIGIONS ARE ONE FOR THE SEXES: THE GATES OF PARADISE THE GHOST OF ABEL About the Editor Also from William Ralph Press