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Songs of Innocence and of Experience — William Blake

Songs of Innocence and of Experience

William Blake

  • Poetry
  • Book language: English
  • 62 pages

A collection of lyric poems by William Blake in two parts, Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. It contrasts childlike innocence, joy, and nature with experience, suffering, and social injustice through symbolic, musical verse. Worth listening for its concise, vivid language and poems that invite reflection.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. SONGS OF INNOCENCE and OF EXPERIENCE
  2. CONTENTS
  3. SONGS OF INNOCENCE
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. THE SHEPHERD
  6. THE ECHOING GREEN
  7. THE LAMB
  8. THE LITTLE BLACK BOY
  9. THE BLOSSOM
  10. THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER
  11. THE LITTLE BOY LOST
  12. THE LITTLE BOY FOUND
  13. LAUGHING SONG
  14. A CRADLE SONG
  15. THE DIVINE IMAGE
  16. HOLY THURSDAY
  17. NIGHT
  18. SPRING
  19. NURSE’S SONG
  20. INFANT JOY
  21. A DREAM
  22. ON ANOTHER’S SORROW
  23. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE
  24. INTRODUCTION
  25. EARTH’S ANSWER
  26. THE CLOD AND THE PEBBLE
  27. HOLY THURSDAY
  28. THE LITTLE GIRL LOST
  29. THE LITTLE GIRL FOUND
  30. THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER

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