One of the great English Romantic poets William Blake (1757-1827) was an artist poet mystic and visionary. His work ranges from the deceptively simple and lyrical Songs of Innocence and their counterpoint Experience - which juxtapose poems such as 'The Lamb' and 'The Tyger' and 'The Blossom' and 'The Sick Rose' - to highly elaborate apocalyptic works such as The Four Zoas Milton and Jerusalem. Throughout his life Blake drew on a rich heritage of philosophy religion and myth to create a poetic worlds illuminated by his spiritual and revolutionary beliefs that have fascinated intrigued and enchanted readers for generations.
