《The Poetical Works Of William Blake》

POETICAL SKETCHES1

To Spring3

To Summer3

To Autumn4

To Winter5

To the Evening Star5

To Morning6

Fair Elenor6

Song：How sweet I roam＇d from field to field8

Song：My silks and fine array9

Song：Love and harmony combine10

Song：I love the jocund dance10

Song：Memory,hither come11

Mad Song12

Song：Fresh from the dewy hill,the merry year13

Song：When early morn walks forth in sober grey13

To the Muses14

Gwin,King of Norway15

An Imitation of Spenser18

Blind Man＇s Buff20

King Edward the Third23

Prologue,intended for a Dramatic Piece of King Edward the Fourth42

Prologue to King John43

A War Song to Englishmen44

The Couch of Death45

Contemplation46

Samson47

Appendix52

Song by a Shepherd52

Song by an Old Shepherd52

SONGS FROM AN ISLAND IN THE MOON55

Little Phoebus came strutting in55

Honour and Genius is all I ask55

When Old Corruption first begun56

Hear then the pride and knowledge of a sailor!57

The Song of Phoebe and Jellicoe57

Lo!the Bat with leathern wing58

Want Matches？58

As I walk＇d forth one May morning59

Hail Matrimony,made of Love!59

To be or not to be60

This city and this country has brought forth many mayors61

O,I say,you Joe62

Leave,O leave me to my sorrows62

There＇s Doctor Clash63

SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND OF EXPERIENCE65

SONGS OF INNOCENCE65

Introduction65

The Echoing Green66

The Lamb67

The Shepherd67

Infant Joy68

The Little Black Boy68

Laughing Song69

Spring70

A Cradle Song71

Nurse＇s Song72

Holy Thnrsday72

The Blossom73

The Chimney Sweeper74

The Divine Image75

Night75

A Dream77

On Another＇s Sorrow78

The Little Boy Lost79

The Little Boy Found79

SONGS OF EXPERIENCE81

Introduction81

Earth＇s Answer82

Nurse＇s Song83

The Fly84

The Tiger85

The Little Girl Lost88

The Little Girl Found90

The Clod and the Pebble92

The Little Vagabond92

Holy Thursday93

A Poison Tree94

The Angel94

The Sick Rose95

To Tirzah95

The Voice of the Ancient Bard96

My Pretty Rose-Tree97

Ah!Sun-Flower97

The Lily98

The Garden of Love98

A Little Boy Lost99

Infant Sorrow100

The Schoolboy100

London102

A Little Girl Lost103

The Chimney-sweeper104

The Human Abstract105

Appendix106

A Divine Image106

POEMS FROM ＇THE ROSSETTI MANUSCRIPT＇109

Ⅰ．EARLIER POEMS9

Never seek to tell thy Love109

I laid me down upon a Bank110

I saw a Chapel all of Gold110

I askèd a Thief111

I heard an Angel singing111

A Cradle Song113

Silent,silent Night114

I fear＇d the fury of my wind114

Infant Sorrow115

Why should I care for the men of Thames117

Thou hast a lap full of seed118

In a Myrtle Shade118

To my Myrtle119

To Nobodaddy120

Are not the joys of morning sweeter120

The Wild Flower＇s Song121

Day121

The Fairy122

Motto to the Songs of Innocence and of Experience123

Lafayette123

Appendix to Ⅰ127

A Fairy leapt upon my knee127

Ⅱ．LATER POEMS128

My Spectre around me night and day128

When Klopstock England defied132

Mock on,mock on,Voltaire,Ronsseau133

I saw a Monk of Charlemaine134

Morning137

The Birds138

You don＇t believe—I won＇t attempt to make ye138

If it is true what the Prophets write139

I will tell you what Joseph of Arimathea139

Why was Cupid a boy140

Now Art has lost its mental charms141

I rose up at the dawn of day142

The Caverns of the Grave I＇ve seen144

Addendum to Ⅱ145

To the Queen145

Ⅲ．THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL146

THE PICKERING MANUSCRIPT161

The Smile161

The Golden Net161

The Mental Traveller162

The Land of Dreams166

Mary166

The Crystal Cabinet168

The Grey Monk169

Auguries of Innocence171

Long John Brown and Little Mary Bell178

William Bond179

POEMS FROM LETTERS183

To my Dearest Friend,John Flaxman,these lines183

To my dear Friend,Mrs．Anna Flaxman184

To Thomas Butts：To my friend Butts I write184

To Mrs．Butts187

To Thomas Butts：With Happiness stretch＇d across the hills187

To Thomas Butts：O!why was I born with a different face？190

GNOMIC VERSES,EPIGRAMS,AND SHORT SATIRICAL PIECES191

GNOMIC VERSES193

Great things are done when men and mountains meet193

To God193

They said this mystery never shall cease193

An Answer to the Parson193

Lacedaemonian Instruction193

Nail his neck to the cross：nail it with a nail193

Love to faults is always blind194

There souls of men are bought and sold194

Soft Snow195

Abstinence sows sand all over195

Merlin＇s Prophecy195

If you trap the moment before it＇s ripe195

An Old Maid early ere I knew195

The sword sung on the barren heath196

O lapwing!thou fliest around the heath196

Terror in the house does roar196

Several Questions Answered196

Eternity196

The look of love alarms196

Soft deceit and idleness197

What is it men in women do require197

An ancient Proverb197

If I e＇er grow to man＇s estate197

Since all the riches of this world197

Riches198

The Angel that presided o＇er my birth198

Grown old in love from seven till seven times seven198

Do what you will this life＇s a fiction198

ON ART AND ARTISTS198

Advice of the Popes who succeeded the Age of Raphael198

On the great encouragement given by English nobility and gentry to Correggio,Rubens,Reynolds,Gainsborough,Catalaui,Du Crow,and Dilbury Doodle199

I askèd my dear friend Orator Prig199

O dear Mother Outline!of wisdom most sage200

On the Foundation of the Royal Academy200

These are the idiots＇chiefest arts200

The cripple every step drudges and labours201

You say their pictures well painted be201

When you look at a picture,you always can see201

The Washerwoman＇s Song202

English Encouragement of Art：Cromek＇s opinions put into rhyme202

When I see a Rubens,Rembrandt,Correggio202

Give pensions to the learned pig203

On Sir Joshua Reynolds＇ disappointment at his first impressions of Raphael203

Sir Joshua praisèd Rubens with a smile203

Sir Joshua praises Michael Angelo203

Can there be anything more mean204

To the Royal Academy204

Florentine Ingratitude204

No real style of colouring ever appears205

When Sir Joshua Reynolds died205

A Pitiful Case206

On Sir Joshua Reynolds206

I,Rubens,am a statesman and a saint206

On the school of Rubens206

To English Connoisseurs206

A Pretty Epigram for the encouragement of those who have paid great sums in the Venetian and Flemish ooze207

Raphael,sublime,majestic,graceful,wise207

On the Venetian Painter207

A pair of stays to mend the shape207

Venetian!all thy colouring is no more208

To Venetian Artists208

All pictures that＇s painted with sense and with thought208

Call that the public voice which is their error!209

ON FRIENDS AND FOES209

I am no Homer＇s hero you all know209

Anger and wrath my bosom rends209

If you play a game of chance,know,before you begin209

Of Hayley＇s birth：Of H—＇s birth this was the happy lot210

On Hayley：To forgive enemies H— does pretend210

To Hayley：Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache210

On Hayley＇s Friendship：When H—y finds out what you can-not do210

On Hayley the Pickthank：I write the rascal thanks,till he and I210

My title as a genius thus is prov＇d211

To Flaxman：You call me mad,＇tis folly to do so211

To Flaxman：I mock thee not,though I by thee am mockèd211

To Nancy Flaxman：How can I help thy husband＇s copying me？211

To Flaxman and Stothard：I found them blind：I taught them how to see211

To Stothard：You all your youth observ＇d the golden rule212

Cromek speaks：I always take my judgement from a fool212

On Stothard：You say reserve and modesty he has212

On Stothard：S—,in childhood,on the nursery floor212

Mr．Stothard to Mr．Cromek：For Fortune＇s favours you your riches bring213

Mr．Cromek to Mr．Stothard：Fortune favours the brave,old proverbs say213

On Cromek：Cr—loves artists as he loves his meat213

On Cromek：A petty sneaking knave I knew213

On P—：P— lovèd me not as he lov＇d his friends213

On William Haines：The Sussex men are noted fools214

On Fuseli：The only man that e＇er I knew214

To Hunt：＇Madman＇ I have been call＇d214

To Hunt：You think Fuseli is not a great painter214

On certain Mystics：Cosway,Frazer,and Baldwin of Egypt＇s lake214

And his legs carried it like a long fork215

For this is being a friend just in the nick217

Was I angry with Hayley who us＇d me so ill217

Having given great offence by writing in prose218

MISCELLANEOUS EPIGRAMS219

His whole life is an epigram,smart,smooth,and neatly penn＇d219

He has observ＇d the golden rule219

And in melodious accents I219

Some people admire the work of a fool220

He＇s a blockhead who wants a proof of what he can＇t perceive220

Great men and fools do often me inspire220

Some men,created for destruction,come220

An Epitaph：Come knock your heads against this stone220

Another：I was buried near this dyke220

Another：Here lies John Trot,the friend of all mankind221

When France got free,Europe,＇twixt fools and knaves221

On the virginity of the Virgin Mary and Johanna Southcott221

Imitation of Pope：a compliment to the Ladies221

When a man has married a wife,he finds out whether221

To Chloe＇s breast young Cupid slyly stole221

TIRIEL225

THE BOOK OF THEL241

THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL247

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION263

A SONG OF LIBERTY283

VISIONS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF ALBION285

AMERICA：A PROPHECY293

EUROPE：A PROPHECY303

THE[FIRST]BOOK OF URIZEN313

THE SONG OF LOS331

THE BOOK OF LOS335

THE BOOK OF AHANIA341

SELECTIONS FROM ＇THE FOUR ZOAS＇349

Introduction to Night the First349

The Wanderer350

A Vision of Eternity350

The Song sung at the Feast of Los and Enitharmon350

The Song of Enitharmon over Los351

The Wail of Enion352

Winter354

The Woes of Urizen in the Dens of Urthona354

Los in his Wrath356

The War-Song of Orc357

Vala＇s Going Forth357

Urizen＇s Words of Wisdom358

The Shade of Enitharmon359

The Serpent Orc359

The Last Judgement360

The Lament of Albion362

Accuser and Accused363

The Tillage of Urizen363

Song of the Sinless Soul364

Vala in Lower Paradise366

SELECTIONS FROM ＇MILTON＇369

Preface369

The Invocation370

The Mills of Satan371

The Sin of Leutha371

Milton＇s Journey to Eternal Death371

The Nature of Infinity372

The Sea of Time and Space373

The Mundane Shell373

A River in Eden374

Los374

Swedenborg374

Whitefield and Wesley375

The Forge of Los375

The Wine-Press of Los376

The Building of Time378

The Heavens and the Earth378

The Birds and the Flowers379

Love and Jealousy380

Reason and Imagination381

The Song of the Shadowy Female382

SELECTIONS FROM ＇JERUSALEM＇385

To the Public385

Introduction386

The Reasoning Power387

The Words of Los387

The Builders of Golgonooza387

A Vision of Albion388

Punishment and Forgiveness388

The Lament of Albion388

Jerusalem389

To the Jews389

A Female Will393

The Universal Family394

Man＇s Spectre394

Pretences394

Fourfold and Twofold Vision395

The Remembrance of Sin395

To the Deists395

Albion＇s Spectre398

The Holiness of Minute Particulars398

A Vision of Joseph and Mary399

Tirzah401

The Warrior and the Daughter of Albion402

Men and States403

To the Christians403

A Vision of Jerusalem406

The Worship of God407

The Cry of Los408

Albion upon the Rock409

The Wrath of God409

The Divine Image410

The End of the Song of Jernsalem410

VERSES FROM ＇THE GATES OF PARADISE＇413

Prologue413

The Keys of the Gates414

Epilogue．To the Accuser who is The God of this World417

THE GHOST OF ABEL421

APPENDIX TO THE PROPHETIC BOOKS425

There is No Natural Religion425

All Religions are One427

From Blake＇s Engraving of the Laocoon428

On Homer＇s Poetry430

On Virgil431

FROM BLAKE＇S ＇DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE＇432

Sir Geffrey Chaucer and the Nine and twenty Pilgrims on their journey to Canterbury432

INDEX OF FIRST LINES445

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS64

Portrait of Blake：from the portrait by Thomas Phillips,R．A．64

Title-page of Songs of Innocence and of Experience64

Title-page of Songs of Innocence64

Title-page of Songs of Experience80

Title-page of The Book of Thel(reduced)240

Title-page of The Marriage of Heaven and Hell(reduced)246

Title-page of The Visions of the Daughters of Albion(reduced)284

Title-page of America：a Prophecy(reduced)292

Title-page of Europe：a Prophecy(reduced)302

Title-page of The[First]Book of Urizen(reduced)312

Title-page of The Song of Los(reduced)330

Title-page of The Book of Los(reduced)334

Title-page of The Book of Ahania(reduced)340

Title-page of The Four Zoas(reduced)348

Title-page of Milton(reduced)368

Title-page of Jerusalem(reduced)384