William Blake, Complete Collection

William Blake (1757 -1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His so-called 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". William Blake was born on 28 November 1757 at 28 Broad Street (now Broadwick St.) in Soho, London. He was the third of seven children, two of whom died in infancy. Blake's father, James, was a hosier. He attended school only long enough to learn reading and writing, leaving at the age of ten, and was otherwise educated at home by his mother Catherine Blake. Even though the Blakes were English Dissenters, William was baptised on 11 December at St James's Church, Piccadilly, London. The Bible was an early and profound influence on Blake, and remained a source of inspiration throughout his life.

In this book:
Songs of Innocence, and Songs of Experience
INTRODUCTION
THE SHEPHERD
THE ECHOING 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 ANOTHER'S SORROW
SONGS OF EXPERIENCE
INTRODUCTION
EARTH'S ANSWER
THE CLOD AND THE PEBBLE
HOLY THURSDAY
THE LITTLE GIRL LOST
THE LITTLE GIRL FOUND
THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER
NURSE'S SONG
THE SICK ROSE
THE FLY
THE ANGEL
THE TIGER
MY PRETTY ROSE TREE
AH, SUNFLOWER
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
A DIVINE IMAGE
A CRADLE SONG
THE SCHOOLBOY
TO TIRZAH
THE VOICE OF THE ANCIENT BARD
The book of Thel
Poetical sketches
To Spring
To Summer
To Autumn
To Winter
To the Evening Star
To Morning
Fair Eleanor
There is no natural religion
All Religions are One
To Nobodaddy
Proverbs of Hell
Of the gates
To the Accuser Who Is The God of This World
Visions of the Daughters of Albion
The Land of Dreams
Satiric verses and epigrams from Blake's Notebook
The marriage of Heaven and Hell
The Argument
THE VOICE OF THE DEVIL
A MEMORABLE FANCY
PROVERBS OF HELL
A MEMORABLE FANCY
A MEMORABLE FANCY
A MEMORABLE FANCY
A MEMORABLE FANCY
A SONG OF LIBERTY
CHORUS
An Island in the Moon
America a Prophecy
The Book of Urizen
The Book of Ahania
The Book of Los
The Song of Los
Songs and Ballads
A Cradle Song
To my Mirtle
Eternity
To Nobodaddy
Soft Snow
Merlins prophecy
Day
The Fairy
The Kid
Morning
The Birds
Dedication to Blake's Illustrations to Blair's Grave, printed
To the Queen
From Blake's Notebook
A Separate Manuscript
With Blake's Illustrations to Gray's Poems
To Mrs Ann Flaxman
The Pickering Manuscript
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
Mr Blake's Nursery Rhyme