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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.
Laughing Song by William Blake " Laughing Song " is a poem published in 1789 by the English poet William Blake . This poem is one of nineteen in Blake's collection Songs of Innocence .
Pages in category "Songs of Innocence and of Experience" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. ... Laughing Song; The Lilly (poem) The Little ...
Mere moments later, U2’s 13th record, Songs of Innocence, was automatically downloaded on more than 500 million Apple devices in 119 countries, completely free of charge.
"The Chimney Sweeper" is the title of a poem by William Blake, published in two parts in Songs of Innocence in 1789 and Songs of Experience in 1794. The poem "The Chimney Sweeper" is set against the dark background of child labour that was prominent in England in the late 18th and 19th centuries.
Contemporary classical composers have also continued to set Blake's work. Composer William Bolcom set the entire collection of the Songs of Innocence and of Experience in 1984, a recording of which was released in 2006. John Mitchell has also set songs from the Poetical Sketches as "Seven Songs from William Blake". [31]
Songs and Proverbs of William Blake is a song cycle composed by Benjamin Britten (1913–76) in 1965 for baritone voice and piano and published as his Op. 74. The published score states that the words were "selected by Peter Pears" from Proverbs of Hell, Auguries of Innocence and Songs of Experience by William Blake (1757–1827).
Songs of Innocence and Experience is an album by American beat poet and writer Allen Ginsberg, recorded in 1969.For the recording, Ginsberg sang pieces from 18th-century English poet William Blake's illustrated poetry collection of the same name and set them to a folk-based instrumental idiom, featuring simple melodies and accompaniment performed with a host of jazz musicians.