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    Songs of Innocence, and Songs of Experience
    Songs of Innocence, and Songs of Experience
    Songs of Innocence, and Songs of Experience
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    Songs of Innocence, and Songs of Experience

    By William Blake

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    William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. He was a 19th-century writer and artist who is regarded as a seminal figure of the Romantic Age. His writings have influenced countless writers and artists through the ages, and he has been deemed both a major poet and an original thinker.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnna Ruggieri
    Release dateFeb 25, 2017
    ISBN9788826031279
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    William Blake

    William Blake (1757-1827) was a nonconformist who associated with some of the leading radical thinkers of his day, such as Thomas Paine and Mary Wollstonecraft. A skilled engraver and illustrator, his illustrated poetry collections resembled the illuminated books of the Middle Ages.

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      Songs of Innocence, and Songs of Experience - William Blake

      William Blake

      Songs of Innocence, and Songs of Experience

      First digital edition 2017 by Anna Ruggieri

      SONGS OF INNOCENCE

      INTRODUCTION

      Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee,On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me:

      ‘Pipe a song about a Lamb!’ So I piped with merry cheer.‘Piper, pipe that song again.’ So I piped: he wept tohear.

      ‘Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe; Sing thy songs of happy cheer!’So I sung the same again, While he wept with joy to hear.

      ‘Piper, sit thee down and write In a book, that all may read.’So he vanished from my sight; And I plucked ahollow reed,

      And I made a rural pen, And I stained the water clear,And I wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear.

      THE SHEPHERD

      How sweet is the shepherd’s sweet lot!From the morn to the evening he strays;He shall follow his sheep all the day,And his tongue shall be fillèd with praise.

      For he hears the lambs’ innocent call,And he hears the ewes’ tender reply;He is watchful while they are in peace,For they know when their shepherd is nigh.

      THE ECHOING GREEN

      The sun does arise,And make happy the skies;The merry bells ringTo welcome the Spring;The skylark and thrush,The birds of the bush,Sing louder aroundTo the bells’ cheerful sound;While our sports shall be seenOn the

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