William Blake

1757–1827

A visionary who drew his own heavens. Innocence and Experience are not stages but permanent, quarrelling halves of a self.

AphorismLyricProphecyEnergyIndustryInnocenceOppressionRebellionVision

The writings

Poetry

Poetry · 1789/1794

Songs of Innocence and of Experience

William Blake

Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy

Songs of Innocence and of Experience

1789/1794 · Lyric · Prophecy

Paired songs — 'The Lamb' against 'The Tyger', two chimney sweepers, two nurses.

Poetry · 1790

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

William Blake

Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

1790 · Prophecy · Aphorism

Proverbs of Hell and a diabolical reading of Milton.