Songs of Innocence and Experience — William Blake

Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul are two books of poetry by the English poet and painter, William Blake. Although Songs of Innocence was first published by itself in 1789, it is believed that Songs of Experience has always been published in conjunction with Innocence since its completion in 1794.

Songs of Innocence mainly consists of poems describing the innocence and joy of the natural world, advocating free love and a closer relationship with God, and most famously including Blake's poem The Lamb. Its poems have a generally light, upbeat and pastoral feel and are typically written from the perspective of children or written about them.

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Table of Contents:

Songs of Innocence

Introduction

The Shepherd

The Echoing Green

The Lamb

The Little Black Boy

The Blossom

The Chimney-sweeper

The Little Boy Lost

The Little Boy Found

Laughing Song

A Cradle Song

The Divine Image

Holy Thursday

Night

Spring

Nurse's Song

Infant Joy

A Dream

On Another's Sorrow


Songs of Experience

Introduction

Earth's Answer

The Clod And The Pebble

Holy Thursday

The Little Girl Lost

The Little Girl Found

The Chimney-sweeper

Nurse's Song

The Sick Rose

The Fly

The Angel

The Tiger

My Pretty Rose Tree

Ah, Sunflower

The Lily

The Garden Of Love

The Little Vagabond

London

The Human abstract

Infant Sorrow

A Poison tree

A Little Boy Lost

A Little Girl Lost

A Divine Image

A Cradle song

The Schoolboy

To Tirzah

The Voice of The Ancient Bard