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William Blake

William Blake
Blake in a portrait by Thomas Phillips (1807)
Short Name: William Blake
Full Name: Blake, William, 1757-1827
Birth Year: 1757
Death Year: 1827

Blake, William, poet and painter, born 1757, and died 1827. Published Songs of Innocence in 1789, in which appeared a poem in 9 stanzas of 4 lines beginning. "Can I see another's woe" (Sympathy), and headed "On Another's Sorrow." (See also The Poems of William Blake, &c, Lond., W. Pickering, 1874, p. 105.) This poem is repeated in Martineau's Hymns, &c, 1873, and others.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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Blake, William, p. 1553, ii. Another poem from his Songs of Innocence is "To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love." In 1789 ed., p. 17, it is entitled "The Divine Image." The English Hymnal, 1906, No. 506, ranks it among General Hymns. It is certainly difficult to call it a hymn at all, or to assign it to any special purpose. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Wikipedia Biography

William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. What he called his "prophetic works" were said by 20th-century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry led 21st-century critic Jonathan Jones to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". In 2002, Blake was placed at number 38 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. While he lived in London his entire life, except for three years spent in Felpham, he produced a diverse and symbolically rich collection of works, whic

Texts by William Blake (11)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
And did those feet in ancient timeWilliam Blake, 1757-1827 (Author)English24
Can a father see his childWilliam Blake (Author)2
Can I see another's woeWilliam Blake, 1757-1827 (Author)English12
Ĉu antaŭ longe paŝis LiWilliam Blake (Author)Esperanto2
Every night and every mornWilliam Blake (Author)English3
How sweet is the Shepherd's sweet lot!William Blake (Author)English2
Is this a holy thing to seeWilliam Blake (Author)English2
Little lamb who made theeWilliam Blake (Author)English15
Sweet dreams, form a shadeWilliam Blake (Author)English2
To mercy, pity, peace and loveWilliam Blake (Author)English17
To see the world in a grain of sandWilliam Blake, 1757-1827 (Author)English2

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