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William Blake

English poet and painter, 1757–1827. Explained quotes.

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About William Blake

William Blake was a London engraver, painter and poet who printed and hand-colored his own books. Largely ignored in his lifetime, he is now seen as a major figure of the Romantic era, known for Songs of Innocence and of Experience and the hymn Jerusalem.

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  • “Tyger Tyger, burning bright, in the forests of the night; what immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?”
    The Tyger, Songs of Experience, 1794