Songs of Innocence: Frontispiece ca. 1825 William Blake British This frontispiece to Songs of Innocence illustrates Blake's "Introduction," a poem that casts the poet as a wandering piper inspired by the vision of a divine child:Piping down the valleys wild,Piping songs of pleasant glee,On a cloud I saw a child,And he laughing said to me"Pipe a song about a Lamb!" So I piped with merry "Piper, sit thee down and writeIn a book, that all may read."So he vanished from my sight;And I plucked a hollow reed,And I made a rural pen,And I stained the water clear,And I wrote my happy songsEvery
Songs of Innocence: Frontispiece ca. 1825 William Blake British This frontispiece to Songs of Innocence illustrates Blake's "Introduction," a poem that casts the poet as a wandering piper inspired by the vision of a divine child:Piping down the valleys wild,Piping songs of pleasant glee,On a cloud I saw a child,And he laughing said to me"Pipe a song about a Lamb!" So I piped with merry "Piper, sit thee down and writeIn a book, that all may read."So he vanished from my sight;And I plucked a hollow reed,And I made a rural pen,And I stained the water clear,And I wrote my happy songsEvery child may joy to Songs of Innocence: Frontispiece. William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London). ca. 1825. Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and gold. Prints
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