41. William Blake Life Stories, Books, & Links Stories about william blake s life and WaterColours, Prophet Against Empire, Poetry and Prose, Illuminated Works, Stranger from Paradise. http://www.todayinliterature.com/biography/william.blake.asp

TABLE OF CONTENTS William Blake - Life Stories, Books, and Links Biographical Information Stories about William Blake Selected works by this author Selected books about / related to this author ... Recommended links BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION William Blake (1757 - 1827) Category: English Literature Born: November 28, 1757 London, England Died: August 12, 1827 London, England Related authors: Charles Dickens Samuel Taylor Coleridge list all writers William Blake - LIFE STORIES William Blake: "Always in Paradise" read it now! On this day in 1827 William Blake died at the age of sixty-nine. Blake's last years passed more or less as his others: in such poverty and obscurity that his burial in Bunhill Fields was largely unnoticed and on borrowed money nineteen shillings for an unmarked grave, the body nine feet down, stacked on top of three others, and eventually followed by four more. On this day in 1833, the Mills and Factory Act was passed in England, one of a series of measures to improve the "Health and Morals" of child laborers. The Act allowed a forty-eight-hour work week for children aged nine to twelve, but it brought many changes which the younger Dickens and William Blake's even younger "Chimney Sweeper" would have welcomed.

42. William Blake Auguries Poem lyrics of Auguries Of Innocence by william blake. http://quotations.about.com/cs/poemlyrics/a/Auguries_Of.htm

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43. Poetry Of William Blake; Full-text Poems Of William Blake, At Everypoet.com Poetry of william blake; fulltext poems of william blake, at everypoet.com. http://www.everypoet.com/Archive/Poetry/william_blake/william_blake_contents.htm

Poems Home Find a Poet Classic Poems Poetry Forums ... Search New! Fiction Forums and Online Books Visit our critical fiction and non-fiction forums at Everyauthor.com Recent poems and topics at Everypoet's Poetry Free-for-all and biographies of US presidents Automobile and car news and specs internet advertising networks search engines ... poems and poets crossword puzzles word search and jigsaw puzzles office humor games and jokes (get Michael Jackson T-shirts Bible verses and literature Dictionary, encyclopedia, factbook and music search Avant News: Deadpan satire from plausible futures ... Archive of Classic Poems Poetry of William Blake Contents Songs of Innocence: Introduction The Shepherd The Echoing Green The Lamb ... On Another's Sorrow Songs of Experience: Introduction Earth's Answer The Clod and the Pebble Holy Thursday ... Ah, Sunflower

44. NYPL Digital Gallery | William Blake: Illustrated Books Three original books in relief etching by william blake, who composed the texts, designed the texts and decorations, and printed the pages America A http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.cfm?col_id=156

45. DayPoems: William Blake Index Poetry of william blake. 17571827 Sleep Talker (Poems by a Doctor/Mother) By Audrey Shafer. The Place By william Brendan McPhillips http://www.daypoems.net/poets/126.html

DayPoems: A Seven-Century Poetry Slam * 92,931 lines of verse * www.daypoems.net * Timothy Bovee , editor Poetry indexes by poet by poem poetry places * Webmasters: Feel free to link directly to individual poems. DayPoems, A Seven-Century Poetry Slam Timothy Bovee , editor www.daypoems.net DayPoems Forum Click to submit poems to DayPoems, comment on DayPoems or a poem within, comment on other poetry sites, update links, or simply get in touch. DayPoems Forum DayPoems Front Poetry Whirl in Wikipedia Google Latest Poetry News Indexes Poems Poets Editor's poems Poetry Places Poetry Places The Atlantic Monthly's Poetry Pages Campbell, Donal - Donal's Poetry The Workings of My Mind to Understand the World Wonderful World of Urdu Poetry ... Borum, Maggie - T-Minus Press Nodes powered by Open Directory Project at dmoz.org DayPoems Favorites PORT: An Online Visual Arts Journal A Poet on a Magical Journey Home Chronicles of a Sea Woman Parallels Studio ... Project Gutenberg , a huge collection of books as text, produced as a volunteer enterprise starting in 1990. This is the source of the first poetry placed on DayPoems. Tina Blue's Beginner's Guide to Prosody , exactly what the title says, and well worth reading.

46. William Blake 1 Cross-View william blake (17571827). English poet, painter, and engraver, who created a unique form of illustrated verse; his poetry, inspired by mystical vision, http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Illusions/2cross-view/Vieux/Blake/Blake1cv.

William Blake (1757-1827) English poet, painter, and engraver, who created a unique form of illustrated verse; his poetry, inspired by mystical vision, is among the most original lyric and prophetic in the language. Blake, the son of a hosier, was born November 28, 1757, in London, where he lived most of his life. Largely self-taught, he was, however, widely read. As a child, Blake wanted to become a painter. He was sent to drawing school and at the age of 14 was apprenticed to James Basire, an engraver. After his 7-year term was over, he studied briefly at the Royal Academy, but he rebelled against the aesthetic doctrines of its president, Sir Joshua Reynolds. Blake did, however, later establish friendships with such academicians as John Flaxman and Henry Fuseli, whose work may have influenced him. In 1784 he set up a printshop; although it failed after a few years, for the rest of his life Blake eked out a living as an engraver and illustrator. His wife helped him print the illuminated poetry for which he is remembered today. Much of Blake's painting was on religious subjects: illustrations for the work of John Milton, his favorite poet (although he rejected Milton's Puritanism), for John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, and for the Bible, including 21 illustrations to the Book of Job. Among his secular illustrations were those for an edition of Thomas Gray's poems and the 537 watercolors for Edward Young's Night Thoughts—only 43 of which were published.

47. Understanding William Blake's "The Tyger" blake s Tyger As an online william blake fan, I receive at least one request per month from students asked to interpret william blake s wonderful lyric, http://www.pathguy.com/tyger.htm

Understanding William Blake's "The Tyger" Ed Friedlander, M.D. As an online William Blake fan, I receive at least one request per month from students asked to interpret William Blake's wonderful lyric, "The Tyger." The contrast with "The Lamb" is obvious. ("Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee?" The answer is God, who became incarnate as Jesus the Lamb.) "The Tyger" asks, "Did he who made the Lamb make thee?" And the answer is, "Yes, God made the Tyger too." To understand "The Tyger" fully, you need to know Blake's symbols. One of the central themes in his major works is that of the Creator as a blacksmith. This is both God the Creator (personified in Blake's myth as Los) and Blake himself (again with Los as his alter-ego.) Blake identified God's creative process with the work of an artist. And it is art that brings creation to its fulfillment by showing the world as it is, by sharpening perception, by giving form to ideas. Blake's story of creation differs from the Genesis account. The familiar world was created only after a cosmic catastrophe. When the life of the spirit was reduced to a sea of atoms, the Creator set a limit below which it could not deteriorate farther, and began creating the world of nature. The longer books that Blake wrote describe Los's creation of animals and people within the world of nature. One particularly powerful passage in "Milton" describes Los's family weaving the bodies of each unborn child.

48. William Blake Quotes william blake quotes,william, blake, author, authors, writer, writers, people, famous people. http://thinkexist.com/quotes/william_blake/

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49. William Blake This Helpfile is designed to introduce some of the major works by william blake (17571827). blake is one of the major Romantic poets, whose verse and http://www.newi.ac.uk/rdover/blake/welcome.htm

Introduction Main Contents Blake's Poetry Blake's Life and Times William Blake and English Poetry Blake the Artist Introduction Blake's work can be difficult at times, mainly because the reader is offered Blake's visions in Blake's own terms. Blake draws on a highly powerful, but essentially personal, mythological system of his own devising, but one that also draws on a variety of mythological, poetic and philosophical sources. On this, Blake himself remarked that he had to "create a System, or be enslav'd by another Man's." In part also, what Blake seeks to express can only be presented in terms of vague abstractions and allusions, with a cosmic perspective on issues of faith, religion, philosophy and belief, and this must also mean that the reader has to work hard. Yet the effort is worth it. Blake is a revolutionary and visionary artist and poet, and his work represented a decisively new direction in the course of English Poetry and the Visual Arts. Blake's works range from the deceptively simple and lyrical style of the Songs of Innocence and Experience, through speculative works such as The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, to the highly elaborate visionary and apocalyptic style of America, The Four Zoas, Milton and The Book of Urizen. I have tried to represent each of these styles, although inevitably the longer works have had to be presented in abbreviated form. Shorter poems are presented with brief commentaries, but the longer pieces have an accompanying page of introductory notes. There are also brief accounts of

50. William Blake Lodge, O.T.O. Contact links, documents and a section which showcases the members writings and artwork. http://www.williamblakeoto.org/

@import url(../css/wbo.css); The letters O.T.O. stand for Ordo Templi Orientis, the Order of Oriental Templars, or Order of the Temple of the East. O.T.O. is dedicated to the high purpose of securing the Liberty of the Individual and his or her advancement in Light, Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge, and Power through Beauty, Courage, and Wit, on the Foundation of Universal Brotherhood. The core activities of the Lodge are initiation into the O.T.O. system of degrees and the regular celebration of our ecclesiastical rites, especially the Gnostic Mass. In addition the Lodge regularly provides classes, workshops, seasonal rituals and celebrations. William Blake Lodge is an official body of the O.T.O. serving the Greater Baltimore, Washington D.C. and Northern Virginia metropolitan area. The Lodge has been active for over a decade since its chartered inception in June 1992, and continues boldly as an an active community of women and men who have accepted the Law of Thelema; share a mutual interest in such activities as magick, yoga, and Hermetic science; and are united by fraternal pledges of fidelity and cooperation. E.G.C.

51. William Blake: The Tyger By william blake. Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~keith/poems/tyger.html

THE TYGER (from Songs Of Experience) By William Blake Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare sieze the fire? Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? When the stars threw down their spears, And watered heaven with their tears, Did he smile his work to see? Did he who made the Lamb make thee? Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? Keith's poetry archive Keith's favorite poems

52. Quoteland :: Quotations By Author First published by Rossetti in Gilchrist s Life of william blake (1863), it was composed between Click here for more information about william blake http://www.quoteland.com/author.asp?AUTHOR_ID=240

53. Jerusalem - A Poem By William Blake Jerusalem a Poem by william blake, Illustrated by Brueghel. http://www.progressiveliving.org/william_blake_poetry_jerusalem.htm

About Jerusalem, A Poem by William Blake The poem Jerusalem (1804), by William Blake, is actually an excerpt from the preface to one of his "prophetic books", Milton Jerusalem is here the symbolic residence of a humanity freed of the inter-related chains of commerce, British imperialism, and war. Blake's "mental fight" is directed against these chains. In his Blake: Prophet Against Empire , David Erdman tells us that Blake's "dark, Satanic Mills" are "mills that produce dark metal, iron and steel, for diabolic purposes . . . . London . . . was a war arsenal and the hub of the machinery of war, and Blake uses the symbol in that sense." Jerusalem was set to music quite movingly by composer Hubert Parry in 1916, and has since seen many variations, ranging from the magisterial to the rousing. Our favorite is the version arranged by Emerson, Lake and Palmer . A link may be visited here for a performance on the organ. For more Blake, click here For more concerning artists and the arts, go to the Progressive Living Field Guide to Humanistic Art Search the Progressive Living site Discuss Blake at the Progressive Living Forum To e-mail this page to a friend

54. William Blake Quotes 85 quotes and quotations by william blake. william blake A truth that s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. william blake http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/william_blake.html

Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's EASY! Home Quote Topics Quote Keywords ... Author Nationalities Authors: A B C D ... Z Web brainyquote.com William Blake Quotes Type: Artist Quotes Category: English Artist Quotes Date of Birth: November 28 Date of Death: August 12 Nationality: English Find on Amazon: William Blake Related Authors: Tracey Emin David Hockney John Berger Joshua Reynolds ... Peter Oliver A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. William Blake A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. William Blake Active Evil is better than Passive Good. William Blake Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you. William Blake Art can never exist without Naked Beauty display'd. William Blake Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed. William Blake Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. William Blake As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers. William Blake Better murder an infant in its cradle than nurse an unacted desire. William Blake Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.

55. BBC - History - William Blake (1757 - 1827) Considered insane and largely disregarded by his peers, the visionary poet and engraver william blake is now recognised among the greatest contributors to http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/blake_william.shtml

@import '/includes/tbenh.css'; @import '/history/historic_figures/css/historic_figures.css'; @import '/history/historic_figures/css/biography.css'; Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index 26 January 2008 Accessibility help Text only BBC Homepage History Homepage Topics Ancient History British History World Wars Recent History Resources Interactive Content British Timeline Historic Figures History for Kids Practical History Archaeology Family History History Trails Community Message Board Newsletter Site guide Contact Us Like this page? Send it to a friend! William Blake (1757 - 1827) Considered insane and largely disregarded by his peers, the visionary poet and engraver William Blake is now recognised among the greatest contributors to English literature and art. He was born in Soho, London, where he lived most of his life, and was son to a hosier and his wife, both Dissenters. Blake's early ambitions lay not with poetry but with painting and at the age of 14, after attending drawing school, he was apprenticed to James Basire, engraver. After his seven-year term was complete, Blake studied at the Royal Academy, but he is known to have questioned the aesthetic doctrines of its president, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and his stay there was brief. It nonetheless afforded him friendships with John Flaxman and Henry Fuseli, academics whose work may have influenced him. In 1784 he set up a print shop, but within a few years the business floundered and for the rest of his life Blake eked out a living as an engraver and illustrator. His wife, Catharine, whom he married in 1782, remained faithful and diligent and she helped him to print the illuminated poetry for which he is remembered today.

56. Author:William Blake - Wikisource Author Index B, william blake (1757–1827). See also biography, media, quotes. An English poet, painter, and printmaker. william blake. william blake http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:William_Blake

Author:William Blake From Wikisource Jump to: navigation search Author Index: B William Blake See also biography media quotes An English poet, painter, and printmaker. William Blake edit Works Poetical Sketches 1769-1777 (publ. 1783) To Spring To Summer To Autumn To Winter ... Milton: a Poem , including verse that became the lyrics for the hymn Jerusalem The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Proverbs of Hell The Gates of Paradise To the Accuser Who Is the God of This World ... Letters of William Blake Songs and Ballads Auguries of Innocence I Heard an Angel Silent, Silent Night Eternity ... The Smile America a Prophecy America a Prophecy: Preludium Jerusalem the Emanation of the Giant Albion To the Jews Prologue, intended for a Dramatic Piece of King Edward the Fourth edit Works about Blake William Blake by Author:T. S. Eliot Works by this author are in the public domain Retrieved from " http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:William_Blake Categories Authors-B 1757 births ... Druids Views Author Discussion Edit History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main Page Community portal Community discussion Recent changes ... Donate Search Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages ... Permanent link In other languages Česky Suomi Polski T¼rk§e This page was last modified 01:56, 18 January 2008.

57. William Blake For the facts of william blake s early life the world is indebted to a little book, called A Father s Memoirs on a Child, written by Dr. Malkin in 1806. http://www.nndb.com/people/853/000024781/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for William Blake Born: 28-Nov Birthplace: London, England Died: 12-Aug Location of death: London, England Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Unmarked grave, Bunhill Fields, London, England Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Poet , Artist Nationality: England Executive summary: English romantic poet and artist English poet and painter, born at 28 Broad Street, Golden Square, London, on the 28th of November 1757. His father, James Blake, kept a hosier's shop in Broad Street, Golden Square; and from the scanty education which the young artist received, it may be judged that the circumstances of the family were not very prosperous. For the facts of William Blake's early life the world is indebted to a little book, called A Father's Memoirs on a Child , written by Dr. Malkin in 1806. Here we learn that young Blake quickly developed a taste for design, which his father appears to have had sufficient intelligence to recognize and assist by every means in his power. At the age of ten the boy was sent to a drawing school kept by Henry Pars in the Strand, and at the same time he was already cultivating his own taste by constant attendance at the different art sale rooms, where he was known as the "little connoisseur." Here he began to collect prints after Michelangelo , and Raphael and Heemskerk, while at the school in the Strand he had the opportunity of drawing from the antique. After four years of this preliminary instruction Blake entered upon another branch of art study. In 1777 he was apprenticed to James Basire, an engraver of repute, and with him he remained seven years. His apprenticeship had an important bearing on Blake's artistic education, and marks the department of art in which he was made technically proficient. In 1778, at the end of his apprenticeship, he proceeded to the school of the Royal Academy, where he continued his early study from the antique, and had for the first time an opportunity of drawing from the living model.

58. William Blake Biography A biography of william blake, English Romantic poet and engraver. Part of the British Biography guide at Britain Express. http://www.britainexpress.com/History/bio/blake.htm

William Blake A biography of the Romantic poet and mystic artist. Home Biography Home Accommodation ... Self catering Attractions Scotland Wales England England Travel Guide Regions Cotswolds Lake District London East Anglia ... Virtual Tour of England Attractions Abbeys Ancient Sites Castles Cathedrals ... Roman sites Travel Resources Tourist Info Centres Local Travel links Travel Services Tours Rail Tickets Car Rental Tourist Info Centres England Scotland Wales Heritage History Culture Travel Directory England Wales Scotland Hotels ... more.... About Contact About us Send a Free UK eCard History William Blake "To see a World in a grain of sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the Palm of your hand And Eternity in an Hour." from Auguries of Innocence William Blake was born on November 28, 1757 in London, the third of five children. His father James was a hosier, and could only afford to give William enough schooling to learn the basics of reading and writing, though for a short time he was able to attend a drawing school run by Henry Par. William worked in his father's shop until his talent for drawing became so obvious that he was apprenticed to engraver James Basire at age 14. He finished his apprenticeship at age 21, and set out to make his living as an engraver.

59. William Blake Quotes And Quotations Compiled By GIGA Extensive collection of 75000+ ancient and modern quotations,william blake,william blake quotes,william blake quotations,quotes,quotations,quotations and http://www.giga-usa.com/gigaweb1/quotes2/quautblakewilliamx001.htm

THE MOST EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF QUOTATIONS ON THE INTERNET Home Biographical Index Reading List Search ... Authors by Date TOPICS: A B C D ... Z PEOPLE: A B C D ... Z WILLIAM BLAKE English artist and poet Displaying page 1 of 2 A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. Fools All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage. Futurity As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys. Curses Do what you will this life's a fiction and is made up of contradiction. Life Energy is eternal delight. Energy Eternity is in love with the productions of time. Eternity Expect poison from the standing water. Water Exuberance is beauty. Abundance Great things are done when men and mountains meet. Greatness If a fool would persist in his folly, he would become wise. Fools If a thing loves, it is infinite. Love If others had not been foolish, we should be so. Folly If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.

60. Blake's 1808 Paradise Lost william blake and John Milton lived through two of the most tumultous periods of European history, so perhaps it is not surprising that blake would have http://www.pitt.edu/~ulin/Paradise/Blake1808.htm

Home [ Blake's 1808 Paradise Lost ] Miscellaneous Paradise Lost Class Pictures William Blake and John Milton lived through two of the most tumultous periods of European history, so perhaps it is not surprising that Blake would have been drawn to illustrate Milton's great epic. Blake completed two sets of water color illustrations to Paradise Lost , the second of which, completed in 1808, is represented here. Click on any of the smaller pictures below to view them in full-size. Book III Book IV [274 kb] Book IV [470 kb] Book V [430 kb] Book VI [346 kb] Book VIII [333 kb] Book IX [426 kb] Book XII [461 kb] Book XII [164 kb]

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