Poetical sketches - Softcover

Blake, William

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ISBN 10: 1976331323 ISBN 13: 9781976331329

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

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Poetical Sketches is the first collection of poetry and prose by William Blake, written between 1769 and 1777. Forty copies were printed in 1783 with the help of Blake's friends, the artist John Flaxman and the Reverend Anthony Stephen Mathew, at the request of his wife Harriet Mathew. The collection includes:
To Spring
To Summer
To Autumn
To Winter
To the Evening Star
To Morning
Fair Eleanor
Song, "How sweet I roam'd from field to field"
Song, "My silks and fine array"
Song, "Love and harmony combine"
Song, "I love the jocund dance"
Song, "Memory, hither come"
Mad Song, "The wild winds weep"
Song, "Fresh from the dewy hill"
Song, "When early morn walks forth"
To the Muses
Gwin, King of Norway
An Imitation of Spenser
Blind-man's Buff
King Edward the Third
Prologue intended for a dramatic piece of King Edward the Fourth
Prologue to King John
A War Song
The Couch of Death
Contemplation
Samson
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