One of the great English Romantic poets, William Blake (1757-1827) was an artist
, poet, mystic and visionary. His work ranges from the deceptively simple and ly
rical "Songs of Innocence" and their counterpoint "Experience" - which juxtapose
poems such as "The Lamb and The Tyger", and "The Blossom and The Sick Rose" - t
o highly elaborate, apocalyptic works, such as "The Four Zoas", "Milton" and "Je
rusalem". Throughout his life Blake drew on a rich heritage of philosophy, relig
ion and myth, to create a poetic worlds illuminated by his spiritual and revolut
ionary beliefs that have fascinated, intrigued and enchanted readers for generat
ions.
