Works of William Blake

by William Blake

List of Works by Title
List of Works in Alphabetical Order
List of Works in Chronological Order
William Blake Biography

* America: A Prophecy
* Auguries of Innocence
* The Book of Thel
* Eternity
* Europe: A Prophecy
* The Gates of Paradise
* I Heard an Angel
* I saw a chapel all of gold
* An Island in the Moon
* The Marriage of Heaven and Hell:
o The Argument
o The Voice of the Devil
o A Memorable Fancy
o Proverbs of Hell
o A Memorable Fancy 1
o A Memorable Fancy 2
o A Memorable Fancy 3
o A Song of Liberty
* Milton
* Mock on, Mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau
* Poetical Sketches:
o Song: How sweet I roam'd from field to field
o To Autumn
o To the Evening Star
o To Morning
o To Spring
o To Summer
o To Winter
* Silent, Silent Night
* The Smile
* Songs of Innocence and Experience:
* Song of Innocense:
o The Shepherd
o The Echoing Green
o The Lamb
o The Little Black Boy
o The Blossom
o The Chimney-sweeper
o The Little Boy Lost
o The Little Boy Found
o Laughing Song
o A Cradle Song
o The Divine Image
o Holy Thursday
o Night
o Spring
o Nurse's Song
o Infant Joy
o A Dream
o On Another's Sorrow
* Songs of Experience:
o Earth's Answer
o The Clod And The Pebble
o Holy Thursday
o The Little Girl Lost
o The Little Girl Found
o The Chimney-Sweeper
o Nurse's Song
o The Sick Rose
o The Fly
o The Angel
o The Tiger
o My Pretty Rose Tree
o Ah, Sunflower
o The Lily
o The Garden Of Love
o The Little Vagabond
o London
o The Human Abstract
o Infant Sorrow
o A Poison tree
o A Little Boy Lost
o A Little Girl Lost
o A Divine Image
o A Cradle Song
o The Schoolboy
o To Tirzah
o The Voice Of The Ancient Bard
* Tiriel
* To the Accuser Who Is the God of This World
* To Nobodaddy
* Visions of the Daughters of Albion

Genres: Poetry, Classics, Art, Philosophy, Fiction, Classic Literature, Religion

318 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1953

About the author

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 existence itself".

Once considered mad for his idiosyncratic views, Blake is highly regarded today for his expressiveness and creativity, and the philosophical and mystical currents that underlie his work. His work has been characterized as part of the Romantic movement, or even "Pre-Romantic", for its largely having appeared in the 18th century. Reverent of the Bible but hostile to the established Church, Blake was influenced by the ideals and ambitions of the French and American revolutions, as well as by such thinkers as Emanuel Swedenborg.

Despite these known influences, the originality and singularity of Blake's work make it difficult to classify. One 19th century scholar characterised Blake as a "glorious luminary", "a man not forestalled by predecessors, nor to be classed with contemporaries, nor to be replaced by known or readily surmisable successors."