Harvard Classics

Songs of Innocence and Experience, by William Blake

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"To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower---" Such was the exaltation of the mysticism of William Blake, who reflected in his poetry the ecstasy of his visions. Simplicity is the keynote of his genius. (Volume 41, Harvard Classics)

William Blake born Nov. 28, 1757.