William Blake: a selection of poems and letters. / Edited with an introd. by J. Bronowski

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958. 1st Edition. Softcover. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 251 pages 18 cm. Contents: From Poetcal Sketches 1783: To Spring -- To Morning -- Sog -- mad sont -- To the Muses -- Gwin King of Norway -- Minstrel's song from King Edward the Third -- Songs of Innocence 1789 : 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 thirsday -- Night -- Spring -- Nurse's song -- Infant joy -- A Dream -- On another's sorrow. Songs of Experience 1794: Earth's answer -- The Clod and pebble -- Holy Thursday -- The Little girl lost -- The Little girl found -- The Chimney sweeper -- Nurse's song -- The Sick rose -- The Fly -- The Angel -- The Tyger -- My pretty rose tree -- Ah! Sun-flower -- The Lilly -- The Garden of love -- The Little vagabond -- London -- The Human abstract -- Infant sorrow -- A Poison tree -- A Little boy lost -- A Little girl lost -- To Tirzah -- The School boy -- The Voice of the ancient Bard -- A Divine image. Poems from MSS c. 1793: ""Never seek to tell thy love"" -- ""I laid me down upon a bank"" -- ""I asked a thief to steal me a peach "" ""I fear'd the fury of my wind"" -- Infant sorrow -- In a Mirtle shade -- ""Silent, silent night"" -- ""Thou hast a lap full of seed"" -- Soft snow -- An ancient proverb -- To My Mirtle -- ""Abstinence sows sand all over"" -- ""In a wife I would desire"" -- ""Let the Brothels of Paris be opened"" -- Poems from MMS c.1803: ""Mock on, mock on Voltaire, Rousseau"" -- Auguries of innocence -- Poem from MS c.1810: ""I rose up at the dawn of day"" -- The Everlasting Gospel C. 1818 -- The Book of Thel 1789. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell c.1793: The Argument -- The Voice of the Devil -- A Memorable fancy -- Proverbs of Hell -- A Memorable fancy -- A Song of liberty -- America, A Prophecy, 1793: Preludium -- A Prophecy -- Cancelled plates -- The Song of Los, 1795: Africa -- Asia -- from Vala or the Four Zoas, 1797-1804: Night the second -- Night the third -- Milton, a Poem in Two Books, 1804-1808: Preface -- from Book the first -- Jerusalem, the Emanation of the Giant Albion, 1804-1820: from chapter four -- from The Gates of Paradise, 1793-1818: epilogue -- annotations to Dr. Thornton's ""New translation of the Lord's Prayer."" Subjects: Blake, William 1757-1827; Poetry. Blake, William 1757-1827; Correspondence. Blake, William 1757-1827. English poetry. English poetry 19th century.