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Songs of Innocence and of Experience

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  1. Introduction (Innocence)

    1:29

  2. Shepherd, The (Innocence)

    0:59

  3. Echoing Green, The (Innocence)

    1:34

  4. Lamb, The (Innocence)

    1:27

  5. Little Black Boy, The (Innocence)

    2:56

  6. Blossom, The (Innocence)

    1:06

  7. Chimney-Sweeper, The (Innocence)

    2:43

  8. Little Boy Lost, The (Innocence)

    0:52

  9. Little Boy Found, The (Innocence)

    0:50

  10. Laughing Song (Innocence)

    1:09

  11. Cradle Song, A (Innocence)

    2:18

  12. Divine Image, The (Innocence)

    1:40

  13. Holy Thursday (Innocence)

    2:10

  14. Night (Innocence)

    2:52

  15. Spring (Innocence)

    1:22

  16. Nurse’s Song (Innocence)

    1:39

  17. Infant Joy (Innocence)

    1:08

  18. Dream, A (Innocence)

    1:37

  19. On Another’s Sorrow (Innocence)

    2:32

  20. Introduction (Experience)

    1:33

  21. Earth’s Answer (Experience)

    1:54

  22. Clod and the Pebble, The (Experience)

    1:36

  23. Holy Thursday (Experience)

    1:54

  24. Little Girl Lost, The (Experience)

    3:06

  25. Little Girl Found, The (Experience)

    3:06

  26. Chimney-Sweeper, The (Experience)

    1:48

  27. Nurse’s Song (Experience)

    1:32

  28. Sick Rose, The (Experience)

    0:58

  29. Fly, The (Experience)

    1:30

  30. Angel, The (Experience)

    1:38

  31. Tiger, The (Experience)

    2:37

  32. My Pretty Rose Tree (Experience)

    1:02

  33. Ah, Sunflower (Experience)

    1:18

  34. Lily, The (Experience)

    1:11

  35. Garden of Love, The (Experience)

    1:44

  36. Little Vagabond, The (Experience)

    1:49

  37. London (Experience)

    2:02

  38. Human Abstract, The (Experience)

    2:26

  39. Infant Sorrow (Experience)

    1:27

  40. Poison Tree, A (Experience)

    2:03

  41. Little Boy Lost, A (Experience)

    2:03

  42. Little Girl Lost, A (Experience)

    2:14

  43. Divine Image, A (Experience)

    1:00

  44. Cradle Song, A (Experience)

    1:19

  45. Schoolboy, The (Experience)

    1:59

  46. To Tirzah (Experience)

    1:26

  47. Voice of the Ancient Bard, The (Experience)

    1:16

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Blake pairs his Songs of Innocence with the darker Songs of Experience to show 'the two contrary states of the human soul'—childlike joy and wonder set against a world of cruelty, poverty, and repression. Deceptively simple lyrics like 'The Lamb,' 'The Tyger,' and 'London' carry profound spiritual and social meaning, and Blake originally engraved and hand-colored each page as a fusion of poetry and visionary art. Radiant, mysterious, and endlessly interpreted, these poems are among the most beloved in English and reveal one of literature's most original imaginations. A cornerstone of Romantic poetry, they reward a lifetime of rereading.

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William Blake

William Blake (1757-1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker, largely unrecognized in his lifetime but now regarded as a seminal figure of Romanticism and one of the great visionary artists.

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Book facts

First published
1794
Reading time
About 25 minutes
Pages
216
Language
English
Formats
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