SMP #30 Introduction to the Songs of Innocence by William Blake

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William Blake was the most eccentric of the Romantics. He was equally important in visual arts as well as poetry. His books included beautiful engravings all hand made, and for this reason he was not well known until the 20th century.

A man opposed to oppression and repression of all times, in his work we see an imaginative mind building an entire world before our eyes. 

This first poem, "The Piper" is from The Songs of Innocence and it serves as the introduction to this book.