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William Blake November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827 Poetry Listing Read More About William Blake below poetry list Poem Title First Lines Period # Lines # Reads 1: A Cradle Song Sleep, sleep, beauty bright, 16 952 2: A Cradle Song Sweet dreams, form a shade 32 843 3: A Divine Image Cruelty has a human heart, 8 820 4: A Dream Once a dream did weave a shade 20 881 5: A Little Boy Lost Nought loves another as itself, 24 711 6: A Little Girl Lost Children of the future age, 34 725 7: A Poison Tree I was angry with my friend: 16 810 8: A Song Sweet dreams, form a shade 32 815 9: A Song Of Liberty The Eternal Female groand! it was heard over all the Earth: 26 646 10: A War Song To Englishmen Prepare, prepare the iron helm of war, 30 697 11: Ah Sunflower Ah Sunflower, weary of time, 8 808 12: An Imitation Of Spenser Golden Apollo, that thro' heaven wide 53 692 13: And Did Those Feet In Ancient Time And did those feet in ancient time 16 733 14: Auguries Of Innocence To see a World in a Grain of Sand 132 840 15: Blind Man's Buff When silver snow decks Susan's clothes, 70 696 16: Broken Love My Spectre around me night and day 68 797 17: But In The Wine-Presses The Human Grapes Sing Not Nor Dance But in the Wine-presses the human grapes sing not nor dance: 12 677 18: Cupid Why was Cupid a boy, 16 192 19: Day The Sun arises in the East, 5 807 20: Divine Image To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love, 20 756 21: Earth's Answer Earth raised up her head 25 780 22: England! Awake! Awake! Awake! England! awake! awake! awake! 12 633 23: Eternity He who binds to himself a joy 4 831 24: Fair Elanor The bell struck one, and shook the silent tower; 72 647 25: From Milton: And did those feet And did those feet in ancient time 16 625 26: Gwin King of Norway Come, kings, and listen to my song: 116 565 27: Hear The Voice Of The Bard Hear the voice of the Bard! 20 614 28: Holy Thursday Twas on a Holy Thursday, their innocent faces clean, 12 612 29: Holy Thursday Is this a holy thing to see 16 609 30: How Sweet I Roam'd How sweet I roam'd from field to field, 16 615 31: I Heard An Angel I heard an Angel singing When the day was springing, 20 734 32: I Rose Up At The Dawn Of Day I rose up at the dawn of day 28 696 33: I Saw A Chapel I saw a chapel all of gold 16 691 34: I See The Four-fold Man I see the Four-fold Man, The Humanity in deadly sleep 15 1034 35: If It Is True What The Prophets Write If it is true, what the Prophets write, 14 674 36: Infant Joy I have no name; I am but two days old." 12 787 37: Infant Sorrow My mother groaned, my father wept: 8 671 38: Introduction To Songs Of Experience Hear the voice of the Bard, 20 666 39: Introduction To Songs Of Innocence Piping down the valleys wild, 20 653 40: Jerusalem And did those feet in ancient time 16 666 41: Jerusalem: I See The Four-fold Man, The Humanity In Deadly Sleep I see the Four-fold Man, The Humanity in deadly sleep 15 639 42: Laughing Song When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, 12 780 43: London I wandered through each chartered street, 16 625 44: Love And Harmony Love and harmony combine, 20 785 45: Love's Secret Never seek to tell thy love, 12 738 46: Mad Song The wild winds weep And the night is a-cold; 24 737 47: Milton: And Did Those Feet In Ancient Time And did those feet in ancient time 16 633 48: Mock On, Mock On, Voltaire, Rousseau Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau; 12 630 49: My Pretty Rose Tree A flower was offered to me, 8 727 50: My Spectre Around Me My spectre around me night and day 28 642 51: My Spectre Around Me Night And Day My spectre around me night and day 68 618 52: Never Seek To Tell Thy Love Never seek to tell thy love 12 597 53: Night The sun descending in the west, 48 730 54: Now Art Has Lost Its Mental Charms Now Art has lost its mental charms 14 647 55: Nurse's Song When the voices of children are heard on the green, 16 605 56: Nurse's Song When voices of children are heard on the green, 8 652 57: On Another's Sorrow Can I see another's woe, And not be in sorrow too? 36 597 58: Piping Down The Valleys Wild Piping down the valleys wild, 20 634 59: Preludium To America The shadowy Daughter of Urthona stood before red Orc, 37 555 60: Preludium To Europe The nameless shadowy female rose from out the breast of Orc, 33 642 61: Proverbs Of Hell In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. 70 615 62: Reeds Of Innocence Piping down the valleys wild, 20 582 63: Samson Samson, the strongest of the children of men, 184 608 64: Several Questions Answered What is it men in women do require? 14 600 65: Silent, Silent Night Silent, silent night, Quench the holy light 12 641 66: Sleep! Sleep! Beauty Bright Sleep! sleep! beauty bright, 20 610 67: Song My silks and fine array, 18 703 68: Song: Memory, Hither Come Memory, hither come, And tune your merry notes; 16 616 69: Spring Sound the flute! Now it's mute! Bird's delight 27 681 70: The Angel I dreamt a dream! What can it mean? 16 729 71: The Angel That Presided O'er My Birth The Angel that presided o'er my birth 3 723 72: The Birds Where thou dwellest, in what grove, 20 646 73: The Blossom Merry, merry sparrow! Under leaves so green 12 689 74: The Book Of Urizen (excerpts) Lo, a shadow of horror is risen 35 624 75: The Book Of Urizen (Excerpts) Lo, a shadow of horror is risen 35 600 76: The Book Of Urizen: Chapter I Lo, a shadow of horror is risen 35 592 77: The Book Of Urizen: Chapter II Earth was not: nor globes of attraction 49 606 78: The Book Of Urizen: Chapter III The voice ended, they saw his pale visage 69 541 79: The Book Of Urizen: Chapter IV Los smitten with astonishment 101 557 80: The Book Of Urizen: Chapter IX Then the Inhabitants of those Cities: 48 592 81: The Book Of Urizen: Chapter V In terrors Los shrunk from his task: 77 553 82: The Book Of Urizen: Chapter VI But Los saw the Female & pitied 44 563 83: The Book Of Urizen: Chapter VII They named the child Orc, he grew 40 590 84: The Book Of Urizen: Chapter VIII Urizen explor'd his dens 54 580 85: The Book Of Urizen: Preludium Of the primeval Priests assum'd power, 7 580 86: The Caverns Of The Grave I've Seen The Caverns of the Grave I've seen, 20 563 87: The Chimney Sweeper A little black thing in the snow, 12 632 88: The Chimney Sweeper (Songs Of Innocence ) When my mother died I was very young, 24 572 89: The Chimney-Sweeper When my mother died I was very young, 24 590 90: The Chimney-sweeper (Songs Of Experience ) A little black thing among the snow: 12 694 91: The Clod And The Pebble Love seeketh not itself to please, 12 656 92: The Crystal Cabinet The Maiden caught me in the wild, 28 621 93: The Divine Image To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love, 20 669 94: The Echoing Green The sun does arise, And make happy the skies; 30 694 95: The Everlasting Gospel The vision of Christ that thou dost see 330 576 96: The Fly Little Fly, Thy summer's play 20 691 97: The Four Zoas (Excerpt) What is the price of Experience? do men buy it for a song? 56 576 98: The French Revolution (Excerpt) Thee the ancientest peer, Duke of Burgundy, rose from the monarch's right hand, red as wines 38 613 99: The Garden Of Love I laid me down upon a bank, 20 643 100: The Grey Monk I die, I die!" the Mother said, 36 594 101: The Human Abstract Pity would be no more 24 667 102: The Lamb Little Lamb, who made thee 20 701 103: The Land Of Dreams Awake, awake, my little boy! 20 635 104: The Lily The modest Rose puts forth a thorn, 4 833 105: The Little Black Boy My mother bore me in the southern wild, 28 622 106: The Little Boy Found The little boy lost in the lonely fen, 8 608 107: The Little Boy Lost Father, father, where are you going? 8 625 108: The Little Girl Found All the night in woe Lyca's parents go 52 708 109: The Little Girl Lost In futurity I prophetic see 52 661 110: The Little Vagabond Dear mother, dear mother, the Church is cold; 16 621 111: The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell Rintrah roars & shakes his fires in the burdend air; 494 595 112: The New Jerusalem And did those feet in ancient time 16 716 113: The Question Answered What is it men in women do require? 4 666 114: The Schoolboy I love to rise on a summer morn, 30 566 115: The Shepherd How sweet is the Shepherd's sweet lot! 8 699 116: The Sick Rose O rose, thou art sick! The invisible worm, 8 687 117: The Sky Is An Immortal Tent Built By The Sons Of Los The sky is an immortal tent built by the Sons of Los: 21 579 118: The Song Of Los I will sing you a song of Los. the Eternal Prophet: 114 543 119: The Tiger Tiger, tiger, burning bright 24 768 120: The Two Songs I heard an Angel Singing 19 659 121: The Tyger Tyger, tyger, burning bright 24 771 122: The Voice Of The Ancient Bard Youth of delight! come hither 11 567 123: The Wild Flower's Song As I wandered the forest, 12 629 124: Thel The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks, 125 575 125: Thel's Motto Does the Eagle know what is in the pit? 4 608 126: Three Things To Remember A Robin Redbreast in a cage, 6 656 127: To Autumn O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stainèd 18 613 128: To Morning O holy virgin! clad in purest white, 10 597 129: To Spring O thou with dewy locks, who lookest down 16 590 130: To Summer O thou who passest thro' our valleys in 19 610 131: To The Accuser Who Is The God Of This World Truly My Satan thou art but a Dunce 8 585 132: To The Evening Star Thou fair-haired angel of the evening, 14 550 133: To The Muses Whether on Ida's shady brow, 16 544 134: To Thomas Butts To my friend Butts I write 78 509 135: To Tirzah Whate'er is born of mortal birth 16 608 136: To Winter O Winter! bar thine adamantine doors: 16 587 137: When Klopstock England Defied When Klopstock England defied, 24 496 138: Why Art Thou Silent And Invisible Why art thou silent and invisible 10 571 139: Why Should I Care For The Men Of Thames Why should I care for the men of thames 8 604 140: Why Was Cupid A Boy Why was Cupid a boy, And why a boy was he? 20 641 141: You Don't Believe You don't believe -- I won't attempt to make ye: 12 685 About: William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic poetry has been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry has led one contemporary art critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". Although he lived in London his entire life except for three years spent in Felpham he produced a diverse and symbolically rich corpus, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God", or "Human existence itself". Considered mad by contemporaries for his idiosyncratic views, Blake is held in high regard by later critics for his expressiveness and creativity, and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. His paintings and poetry have been characterised as part of both the Romantic movement and "Pre-Romantic", for its large appearance in the 18th century. Reverent of the Bible but hostile to the Church of England - indeed, to all forms of organised religion - Blake was influenced by the ideals and ambitions of the French and American revolutions, as well as by such thinkers as Jakob Böhme and Emanuel Swedenborg. Despite these known influences, the singularity of Blake's work makes him difficult to classify. The 19th century scholar William Rossetti characterised Blake as a "glorious luminary," and as "a man not forestalled by predecessors, nor to be classed with contemporaries, nor to be replaced by known or readily surmisable successors". Source: Wikipedia This page viewed 12923 times.

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