The Complete Poems

The complete collection of Blake’s symbolic and revolutionary poems, from the deceptive simplicity of Songs of Innocence , to the grandeur of Jerusalem One of the great English Romantic poets, William Blake (1757-1827) was an artist, poet, mystic and visionary. His work ranges from the deceptively simple and lyrical Songs of Innocence and their counterpoint Experience – which juxtapose poems such as ‘The Lamb’ and ‘The Tyger’, and ‘The Blossom’ and ‘The Sick Rose’ – to highly elaborate, apocalyptic works, such as The Four Zoas, Milton and Jerusalem. Throughout his life Blake drew on a rich heritage of philosophy, religion and myth, to create a poetic worlds illuminated by his spiritual and revolutionary beliefs that have fascinated, intrigued and enchanted readers for generations. —- ISBN: 9780140422153 | ISBN10: 0140422153 | ISBN-13: 978-0140422153