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"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.
Songs of Innocence and of Experience is a collection of illustrated poems by William Blake. [1] Originally, Blake illuminated and bound Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience separately. [ 2 ] It was only in 1794 that Blake combined the two sets of poems into a volume titled Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 January 2025. English poet and artist (1757–1827) For other people named William Blake, see William Blake (disambiguation). William Blake Portrait by Thomas Phillips (1807) Born (1757-11-28) 28 November 1757 Soho, London, England Died 12 August 1827 (1827-08-12) (aged 69) Charing Cross, London ...
The Chimney Sweeper; The Clod and the Pebble; A Cradle Song; D. A Divine Image; A Dream (Blake poem) E. Earth's Answer; The Echoing Green; F. The Fly (poem) G. The ...
The William Blake Archive is a digital humanities project started in 1994, a first version of the website was launched in 1996. [1] The project is sponsored by the Library of Congress and supported by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Rochester . [ 2 ]
The volume was presented by Catherine Blake (Blake's widow) in 1827 to William Palmer, brother of Blake's pupil, Samuel Palmer. It was bought from him by Dante Gabriel Rossetti 30 April 1847. Later it was purchased by F. S. Ellis (at Rossetti's sale, T. G. Wharton, Martin & Co., 5 July 1882, lot 487) and by Ellis and Scruton (at Ellis's sale ...
The poem depicts a ceremony held on Ascension Day, which in England was then called Holy Thursday, [2] [3] [4] a name now generally applied to what is also called Maundy Thursday: [5] Six thousand orphans of London's charity schools, scrubbed clean and dressed in the coats of distinctive colours, are marched two by two to St Paul's Cathedral ...
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).