Songs of Innocence and of Experience William Blake

Songs of Innocence

Songs of Innocence was originally a complete collection of 23 poems first printed in 1789. Blake etched 31 plates to create the work and produced an estimated seventeen or eighteen copies.[8] This collection mainly shows happy, innocent perception in pastoral harmony, but at times, such as in "The Chimney Sweeper" and "The Little Black Boy", subtly shows the dangers of this naïve and vulnerable state.

Copy G of The Divine Image held at the Yale Center for British Art and printed in 1789

The poems are listed below:[9]

  • Introduction
  • The Shepherd
  • The Echoing Green
  • The Lamb
  • The Little Black Boy
  • The Blossom
  • The Chimney-Sweeper
  • The Little Boy Lost
  • The Little Boy Found
  • Laughing Song
  • A Cradle Song
  • The Divine Image
  • Holy Thursday
  • Night
  • Spring
  • Nurse’s Song
  • Infant Joy
  • A Dream
  • On Another’s Sorrow
  • The School Boy
  • The Little Girl Lost
  • The Little Girl Found
  • The Voice of the Ancient Bard

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