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William Blake's Poems
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
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Blake married Catherine
Boucher at age 25, and she
worked with him on most of
his artistic creations.
Together they published a
book of Blake's poems and
drawings called Songs of
Innocence.
William Blake died on August
12, 1827, and is buried in
an unmarked grave at Bunhill
Fields, London. |
The
Garden of love
LOVE'S
SECRET
- NEVER seek to tell thy love,
- Love that never told can be;
- For the gentle wind doth move
- Silently, invisibly.
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- I told my love, I told my love,
- I told her all my heart,
- Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears.
- Ah! she did depart!
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- Soon after she was gone from me,
- A traveller came by,
- Silently, invisibly:
- He took her with a sigh.
THE SICK
ROSE
- O ROSE, thou art sick!
- The invisible worm,
- That flies in the night,
- In the howling storm,
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- Has found out thy bed
- Of crimson joy;
- And his dark secret love
- Does thy life destroy.
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