Poems from the Pickering Manuscript

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To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour

William Blake

Auguries of Innocence

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Topic

Interconnectedness of all things Scale

Author

William Blake

Source

Auguries of Innocence Poems from the Pickering Manuscript

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1803 1800s 19th century

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Original Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

Man was made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know
Through the world we safely go.

William Blake

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Topic

The human condition Wisdom Happiness Sadness

Author

William Blake

Source

Poems from the Pickering Manuscript

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1805 1800s 19th century

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Original Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

A Truth that's told with bad intent
Beats all the Lies you can invent

William Blake

Auguries of Innocence

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Topic

Truth and lies Truth Lies

Author

William Blake

Source

Auguries of Innocence Poems from the Pickering Manuscript

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1803 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

There is a smile of love,
And there is a smile of deceit,
And there is a smile of smiles
In which these two smiles meet.

William Blake

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Topic

Smiling Yin and yang

Author

William Blake

Source

Poems from the Pickering Manuscript

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1805 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Blake, William. "The Smile." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Smile." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.