The Complete Writings of William Bla~ with ALL the VARIANT READINGS · EDITED by GEOFFREY KEYNES

The Complete Writings of William Bla~ WITH ALL THE VARIANT READINGS · EDITED BY GEOFFREY KEYNES

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The Editor's Preface IX Poetical Sketches (1769-1778) I Miscellaneous Poems King Edward the Third 17 Prologue to King Edward the Fourth 33 Prologue to King John 34 A War Song to Englishmen 34 The Couch of Death 35 Contemplation 36 Samson 37 Then she bore pale desire (ante 1777) 40 Woe, cried the muse (ante 1777) 43 An Island in the Moon (circa 1784-85) 44 Poems written in a copy of "Poetical Sketches" (circa 1787) 63 Annotations to Lavater's "Aphorisms on Man" (circa 1788) 65 Annotations to Swedenborg's "Wisdom of Angels concerning Divine Love and Divine Wisdom" (circa 1788) 89 There is no Natural Religion (circa 1788) 97 All Religions are One (circa 1788) 98 Tirie! (circa 1789) 99 Songs of Innocence (1789) I II The Book ofThel (1789) 127 Annotations to Swedenborg's "The Wisdom of Angels concerning Divine Providence" (circa 1790) 131 The French Revolution (179 1) 134 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (circa 1790-93) 148 A Song of Liberty 159 Inscription to "The Dance of Albion" (circa 1793) 160 Poems and Fragments from The Note-Book (circa 1793) 161 Pragment: "A fairy leapt upon my knee" (circa 1793) 188 Visions of the Daughters of Albion (1793) 189 America, a Prophecy (1793) 195 America, cancelled plates (circa 1793) 203 Fragment: probably intended for America (circa 1793) 206 Prospectus: To the Public (1793) 207 v THE CONTENTS Subjects for "The History of England, a small book of Engravings" (1793) 208 For Children: The Gates of Paradise (1793) 209 Songs of Experience (1789-94) 210 A Divine Image (circa 1794) 221 The First Book ofUrizen (1794) 222 Europe, a Prophecy (1794) 237 The Song of Los (1795) 245 The Book of Ahania (1795) 249 The Book of Los (1795) 255 "I asked a thief": fair copy (1796) 261 Legends in a Small Book of Designs (1796) 261 Legend in a Large Book of Designs (circa 1796) 262 Vala, or the Four Zoas (1795-18°4) 263 Annotations to Watson's "Apology for The Bible" (1798) 383 Annotations to Bacon's "Essays" (circa 1798) 396 Annotations to Boyd's translation of Dante's "Inferno" (circa 1800) 4II Lines for the illustrations to Gray's Poems (circa 1800) 414 Poems and Fragments from The Note-Book (1800-03) 415 Poems from the Pickering Manuscript (circa 1803) 423 Blake's Memorandum (1803) 437 Remarks on the drawings of Thomas Heath Malkin (circa 1805) 439 Memoranda from The Note-Book (1807) 440 Inscription on the back of "The Fall of Man" (1807) 441 Dedication of the illustrations to Blair's "Grave" (1808) 442 Description of A Vision of The Last Judgment (1808) 442 Annotations to Sir Joshua Reynolds's "Discourses" (circa 1808) 445 Milton, a Poem in 2 Books (1804-08) 480 Epigrams, Verses, and Fragments from The Note-Book (circa 1808-II) 536 Advertisement of Exhibition of Paintings (1809) 560 Advertisement of A Descriptive Catalogue (1809) 562 A Descriptive Catalogue (1809) 563 Prospectus of the Engraving of Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims (1809) 586 vi THE CONTENTS Draft for Prospectus of the Engraving of Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims (1809) 587 Prospectus of the Engraving of Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims (circa 1810) 589 Public Address (circa 1810) 591 Joseph of Arimathea (circa 1810) 604 A Vision of The Last Judgment (1810) 604 Descriptions of the illustrations to Milton's "L'Allegro" and "II Penseroso" (circa 1816) 617 Jerusalem (18°4-20) 620 The Everlasting Gospel (circa 1818) 748 For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise (circa 1818) 760 Notes on Spurzheim's "Observations on Insanity" (circa 1819) 772 Note on a pencil drawing of Nine Grotesque Heads (circa 1819) 773 Mirth and Her Companions (circa 1820) 773 Annotations to Berkeley's "Siris" (circa 1820) 773 The Laocoon (circa 1820) 775 On Homer's Poetry and on Virgil (circa 1820) 778 Note in Cennini's "Trattato Della Pittura" (circa 1822) 779 The Ghost of Abel (1822) 779 Inscription in the Autograph Album of William Upcott(1826) 781 Annotations to "Poems" by William Wordsworth (1826) 782 Annotations to "The Excursion" by William Wordsworth (1826) 784 Notes on the illustrations to Dante (1825-27) 785 Annotations to Dr. Thornton's "New Translation of the Lord's Prayer" (1827) 786 The Letters (1791-1827) 790

The Notes 883 Index of First Lines 929

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