William Blake's strikingly original poetic world of myth and mysticism continues to fascinate. This selection represents the full range of his accomplishments, from his haunting lyrics to his political works. Cover -- Selected Poems -- Copyright --...
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William Blake's strikingly original poetic world of myth and mysticism continues to fascinate. This selection represents the full range of his accomplishments, from his haunting lyrics to his political works. Cover -- Selected Poems -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- NOTE ON THE TEXT -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Life and Art -- Text, Publication and Reception History -- Historical, Social, and Religious Context -- Criticism and Discussion -- Editions, Facsimiles, and Reproductions -- Genre, Genres, and Literary Modes -- A CHRONOLOGY OF WILLIAM BLAKE -- LYRICS -- Lyrics from Poetical Sketches -- Song (How sweet I roam'd from field to field,*) -- 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, the merry year) -- Song (When early morn walks forth in sober grey,*) -- To the Muses -- Manuscript Poems from Ann Flaxman's copy of Poetical Sketches* -- Song 1st by a shepherd -- Song 3rd by an old shepherd* -- Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul* -- SONGS OF INNOCENCE -- Introduction -- Infant Joy -- The Shepherd -- A Cradle Song -- The Lamb -- The Blossom -- Nurse's Song -- Holy Thursday -- The Ecchoing Green -- On Anothers Sorrow -- Spring -- The School Boy -- The Divine Image -- The Chimney Sweeper -- Laughing Song -- The Little Black Boy -- The Voice of the Ancient Bard -- Night -- The Little Boy lost -- The Little Boy found -- A Dream -- SONGS OF EXPERIENCE -- Introduction -- Earth's Answer -- Infant Sorrow -- A Little Girl Lost -- Nurses Song -- The Angel -- The Sick Rose -- The Garden of Love -- The Little Vagabond -- The Human Abstract -- The Little Girl Lost -- The Little Girl Found -- A Little Boy Lost -- The Chimney Sweeper -- The Fly -- A Poison Tree -- London -- The Tyger -- My Pretty Rose Tree -- Ah! Sun-Flower -- The Lilly -- Holy Thursday -- The Clod & -- the Pebble -- Poems Added to Later Copies of Songs ofInnocence and of Experience.
