William Blake: Selected Poems (Bloomsbury Poetry Classics) [Hardcover]

William Blake (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 1995 | Series: Bloomsbury Poetry Classics

This collection of Blake`s work also features a biographical narrative which aims to put each poem in context and highlight its significance. Included are: early nature poems; " Songs of Innocence" and " Experience" ; exerpts from " Thel" and " The Book of Urizen" ; and " Milton" and " Jerusalem" .

Editorial Reviews

Review

Abstinence Sows Sand All Over
All Religions Are One
America A Prophecy
An Ancient Proverb
The Angel, Fr. Songs Of Experience
An Answer To The Parson
Are Not The Joys Of Morning Sweeter
Auguries Of Innocence
The Blossom, Fr. Songs Of Innocence
The Book Of Thel
The Caverns Of The Grave I've Seen
The Chimney Sweeper, Fr. Songs Of Experience
The Chimney Sweeper, Fr. Songs Of Innocence
The Clod And The Pebble, Fr. Songs Of Experience
A Cradle Song
A Cradle Song, Fr. Songs Of Innocence
The Crystal Cabinet
Day
A Divine Image, Fr. Songs Of Experience
The Divine Image, Fr. Songs Of Innocence
A Dream, Fr. Songs Of Innocence
Earth's Answer, Fr. Songs Of Experience
The Echoing Green, Fr. Songs Of Innocence
Eternity
Europe A Prophecy
Experiment
Fair Eleanor
A Fairy Stepped Upon My Knee
The Fly, Fr. Songs Of Experience
The Garden Of Love, Fr. Songs Of Experience
The Golden Net
The Grey Monk
Grown Old In Love From Seven To Seven Times Seven
Gwin, King Of Norway
Holy Thursday, Fr. Songs Of Experience
Holy Thursday, Fr. Songs Of Innocence
The Human Abstract, Fr. Songs Of Experience
I Asked A Thief To Steal Me A Peach
I Heard An Angel Singing
I Laid Me Down Upon A Bank
I Rose Up At The Dawn Of Day
I Saw A Chapel All Of Gold
If You Trap The Moment Before It's Ripe
In A Myrtle Shade
In A Wife I Would Desire
Infant Joy, Fr. Songs Of Innocence
Infant Sorrow
Infant Sorrow, Fr. Songs Of Experience
Lacedemonian Instruction
Lafayette
The Lamb, Fr. Songs Of Innocence
The Land Of Dreams
Laughing Song, Fr. Songs Of Innocence
The Lily, Fr. Songs Of Experience
The Little Black Boy, Fr. Songs Of Innocence
The Little Boy Found, Fr. Songs Of Innocence
A Little Boy Lost, Fr. Songs Of Experience
The Little Boy Lost, Fr. Songs Of Innocence
The Little Girl Found, Fr. Songs Of Experience
The Little Girl Lost, Fr. Songs Of Experience
A Little Girl Lost, Fr. Songs Of Experience
The Little Vagabond, Fr. Songs Of Experience
London, Fr. Songs Of Experience
Long John Brown And Little Mary Bell
The Look Of Love Alarms
Love's Secret, Fr. Songs Of Experience
Mad Song
The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell
The Marriage Ring
Mary
The Mental Traveller
Merlin's Prophesy
Mock On, Mock On! Voltaire, Rousseau
Morning
Motto To The Songs Of Innocence & Of Experience
My Pretty Rose Tree, Fr. Songs Of Experience
My Specter Around Me Night And Day: Postcript
My Spectre Around Me Night & Day
Nail His Neck To The Cross, Nail It With A Nail
Night, Fr. Songs Of Innocence
Nurse's Song, Fr. Songs Of Experience
Nurse's Song, Fr. Songs Of Innocence
O Lapwing, Thou Fliest Around The Heath
On Another's Sorrow, Fr. Songs Of Innocence
A Poison Tree, Fr. Songs Of Experience
Prologue. Intended For A Dramatic Piece Of King Edward The Fourth
The Question Answer'd
Riches
The School Boy, Fr. Songs Of Experience
The Shepherd, Fr. Songs Of Innocence
The Sick Rose, Fr. Songs Of Experience
Silent Silent Night
The Smile
Soft Snow
Song
Song
Song
Song
Song
Song 3d By An Old Shepherd
Song First By A Shepherd
Songs Of Experience: Introduction
Songs Of Innocence: Introduction
Spring, Fr. Songs Of Innocence
The Sunflower, Fr. Songs Of Experience
The Sword Sung On The Barren Heath
There Is No Natural Religion (a)
There Is No Natural Religion (b)
To Autumn
To Memory
To Morning
To My Myrtle [mirtle]
To Nobodaddy
To Spring
To Summer
To The Evening Star
To The Muses
To Tirzah, Fr. Songs Of Experience
To Winter
Two Kinds Of Riches
The Tyger [tiger], Fr. Songs Of Experience
Visions Of The Daughters Of Albion
The Voice Of The Ancient Bard, Fr. Songs Of Experience
A War Song To Englishmen
When A Man Has Married A Wife, He Finds Out Whether
When Klopstock England Defied
Which Are Bauties Sweetest Dress
Why Was Cupid A Boy
The Wild Flower's Song
William Bond
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder® --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Peter Butter, formerly Regius Professor of English at Glasgow University, has written widely on Romantic, Victorian and modern poetry, especially on Blake, Shelley and Edwin Muir. Peter Butter, formerly Regius Professor of English at Glasgow University, has written widely on Romantic, Victorian and modern poetry, especially on Blake, Shelley and Edwin Muir. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press (February 15, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312119372
• ISBN-13: 978-0312119379
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,091,104 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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