Songs of Innocence and of Experience William Blake

Songs of Experience

Songs of Experience is a collection of 26 poems forming the second part of Songs of Innocence and of Experience. The poems were published in 1794 (see 1794 in poetry). Some of the poems, such as "The Little Girl Lost" and "The Little Girl Found", were moved by Blake to Songs of Innocence and were frequently moved between the two books.[note 1]

The poems are listed below:[9]

  • Introduction
  • Earth's Answer
  • The Clod and the Pebble
  • Holy Thursday
  • The Chimney Sweeper
  • Nurse's Song
  • The Sick Rose
  • The Fly
  • The Angel
  • The Tyger
  • My Pretty Rose Tree
  • Ah! Sun-flower
  • The Lilly
  • The Garden of Love
  • The Little Vagabond
  • London
  • The Human Abstract
  • Infant Sorrow
  • A Poison Tree
  • A Little Boy Lost
  • A Little Girl Lost
  • A Divine Image
  • A Cradle Song
  • To Tirzah
  • The School Boy
  • The Voice of the Ancient Bard

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