Songs of Innocence, William Blake’s first illuminated book combined his poetry and his designs in a unique fashion. Blake is said to have received the form from his deceased brother, in a dream. No two copies of the book were to be the same.
Songs of Innocence – Poems Include:
- A Cradle Song
- A Dream
- Holy Thursday
- Infant Joy
- Introduction
- Laughing Song
- Night
- Nurse’s Song
- On Another’s Sorrow
- Spring
- The Blossom
- The Chimney Sweeper
- The Divine Image
- The Echoing Green
- The Little Black Boy
- The Little Boy Found
- The Little Boy Lost
- The Little Girl Found
- The Little Lamb
- The Shepherd
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