William Blake






William Blake

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born
November 28, 1757

died
August 12, 1827

gender
male

place of birth
Golden Square, London, England, The United Kingdom

genre
Poetry


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William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake's work is today considered seminal and significant in the history of both poetry and the visual arts.

Blake's prophetic poetry has been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the language". His visual artistry has led one modern critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced." Although he only once travelled any further than a day's walk outside London over the course of his life, his creative vision engendered a diverse and symbolically rich corpus, which embraced 'imagination' as "the body of God", or "Human ...more




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Songs of Innocence And of Expe... Songs of Innocence And of Experience
by William Blake
avg rating 4.15 — 1,566 ratings — published 1967
43 editions
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The Marriage of Heaven and Hel... The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A Facsimile in Full Color
by William Blake
avg rating 4.41 — 585 ratings — published 1975
9 editions
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The Complete Poetry & Prose of... The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake
by William Blake, William Golding
avg rating 4.44 — 483 ratings — published 1982
3 editions
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William Blake: The Complete Il... William Blake: The Complete Illuminated Books
by William Blake
avg rating 4.53 — 338 ratings — published 1974
4 editions
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The Complete Poems The Complete Poems
by William Blake
avg rating 4.43 — 236 ratings — published 1978
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Blake's Poetry and Designs Blake's Poetry and Designs (Norton Critical Edition)
by William Blake, Mary Lynn Johnson (Editor), John E. Grant (Editor)
avg rating 4.45 — 121 ratings — published 1979
2 editions
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The Portable William Blake The Portable William Blake
by William Blake
avg rating 4.40 — 94 ratings — published 1977
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English Romantic Poetry: An An... English Romantic Poetry: An Anthology
by William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth
avg rating 3.89 — 88 ratings — published 1996
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Blake's Selected Poems Blake's Selected Poems
by William Blake
avg rating 4.13 — 61 ratings — published 1970
27 editions
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The Book of Urizen: A Facsimil... The Book of Urizen: A Facsimile in Full Color
by William Blake
avg rating 4.27 — 41 ratings — published 1929
7 editions
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"To See a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour."
William Blake
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"A truth that's told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent."
William Blake
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"It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend."
William Blake
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