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The Poetry and Prose of William Blake

Edited by David V. Erdman: Commentary by Harold Bloom

Blake, William (1757-1827)

I.

I THE WORKS IN ILLUMINATED PRINTING

II.

II [PROPHETIC WORKS, UNENGRAVED]

III.

III POETICAL SKETCHES.

IV.

IV [AN ISLAND IN THE MOON]

V.

V [SONGS AND BALLADS]

VI.

VI [SATIRIC VERSES AND EPIGRAMS]

VII.

VII THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL

XII.

XII [THE MARGINALIA]

XIII.

XIII [INSCRIPTIONS AND NOTES ON OR FOR PICTURES]

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XV.

XV [LETTERS, A SELECTION]

To My Dearest Friend, John Flaxman, these lines

To my dear Friend Mrs Anna Flaxman

[To] Mr [Thomas] Butts, Great Marlborough Street

[To] Mr Butts, Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Street, London

[To Thomas Butts, 22 November 1802]

[To] Mr Butts, Gr Marlborough St, London

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[To] Mr Butts, Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Street, London

Felpham Jany 10. 1802

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I hear a voice you cannot hear that says I must not stay
I see a hand you cannot see that beckons me away