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About William Blake

William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. What he called his "prophetic works" were said by 20th-century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry led 21st-century critic Jonathan Jones to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". In 2002, Blake was placed at number 38 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.[4] While he lived in London his entire life, except for three years spent in Felpham, he produced a diverse and symbolically rich collection of works, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God" or "human existence itself".

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Books of William Blake

Best poems of William Blake

Best poems of William Blake

Collection of most famous works of William Blake in poetry.

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Best poems of William Blake

Best poems of William Blake

Collection of most famous works of William Blake in poetry.

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20 Articles

Articles of William Blake

Holy Thursday: Is this a holy thing to see

23 June 2023
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Is this a holy thing to see,  In a rich and fruitful land, Babes reducd to misery, Fed with cold and usurous hand? Is that trembling cry a song? Can it be a song of joy? And so many children p

The Clod and the Pebble

23 June 2023
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"Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair." So sung a little Clod of Clay Trodden with the cattle's

The Lamb

23 June 2023
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Little Lamb who made thee           Dost thou know who made thee  Gave thee life & bid thee feed.  By the stream & o'er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing wooly bright; Ga

Mad Song

22 June 2023
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The wild winds weep,           And the night is a-cold; Come hither, Sleep,          And my griefs infold: But lo! the morning peeps          Over the eastern steeps, And the rustling birds of d

The Little Vagabond

22 June 2023
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Dear Mother, dear Mother, the Church is cold, But the Ale-house is healthy & pleasant & warm; Besides I can tell where I am use'd well, Such usage in heaven will never do well.    But if at the

The Little Boy Lost

22 June 2023
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Father, father, where are you going        O do not walk so fast. Speak father, speak to your little boy        Or else I shall be lost, The night was dark no father was there        The child

Infant Joy

21 June 2023
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I have no name  I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am  Joy is my name, Sweet joy befall thee! Pretty joy! Sweet joy but two days old, Sweet joy I call thee;  Thou dost s

I Saw a Chapel

21 June 2023
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I saw a chapel all of gold That none did dare to enter in  And many weeping stood without  Weeping mourning worshipping I saw a serpent rise between The white pillars of the door  And he forcd

The Garden of Love

21 June 2023
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I went to the Garden of Love, And saw what I never had seen: A Chapel was built in the midst, Where I used to play on the green. And the gates of this Chapel were shut, And 'Thou shalt not' wri

The Ecchoing Green

20 June 2023
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The sun does arise, And make happy the skies. The merry bells ring To welcome the Spring. The sky-lark and thrush, The birds of the bush, Sing louder around, To the bells’ cheerful sound.  Whi