This beautiful edition of The Songs of Innocence and Experience will be essential for those familiar with Blake's work, but also offers an ideal way into his visionary world for those encountering Blake for the first time. Nurse’s Song (Songs of Experience) Lyrics When the voices of children are heard on the green, And whisperings are in the dale, The days of my youth rise fresh in my mind, My face turns green and. William Blake Released 1789 Songs of Experience Tracklist 1 Earths Answer Lyrics 2 The Clod and the Pebble Lyrics 6.3K 4 The Litle Girl Lost Lyrics 5 The Little Girl Found Lyrics 6 The. Each poem is accompanied by a literal transcription, and the volume is introduced by the renowned historian and critic, Richard Holmes. In this way, readers can experience the mystery and beauty of Blake's poems as he first created them, discovering for themselves the intricate web of symbol and meaning that connects word and image. Blake originally produced this small, richly illustrated collection of short lyric verses as two separate books, in 17, then combined them into a single volume in the latter year. This unique edition of the work allows Blake to communicate with his readers as he intended, reproducing Blake's own illumination and lettering from the finest existing example of the original work. One of Blake's best-known verses, 'The Tyger,' comes from the Songs of Innocence and of Experience.

Internationally recognised as a masterpiece of English literature, it also occupies a key position in the history of western art. Songs of Innocence and of Experience is a rare and wonderful book, its seeming simplicity belying its visionary wisdom. This stylish reissue of Blake’s timeless work is sumptuously packaged in burnt-orange casing with gold sprayed edges, which allude to the treasures within.

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