Poet

William Blake

William Blake has 50 approved public poems available in Poem A Day.

1. A DIVINE IMAGE by William Blake

   "Cruelty has a human heart," — William Blake, "A DIVINE IMAGE"

   nature, love, faith
2. A DREAM by William Blake

   "Once a dream did weave a shade" — William Blake, "A DREAM"

   nature, love, beauty
3. A LITTLE BOY LOST by William Blake

   ""Nought loves another as itself," — William Blake, "A LITTLE BOY LOST"

   nature, love, grief
4. A LITTLE GIRL LOST by William Blake

   "Children of the future age," — William Blake, "A LITTLE GIRL LOST"

   nature, love, death
5. A POISON TREE by William Blake

   "I was angry with my friend:" — William Blake, "A POISON TREE"

   nature, beauty, hope
6. A SONG by William Blake

   "Sweet dreams, form a shade" — William Blake, "A SONG"

   nature, love, death
7. Ah Sunflower by William Blake

   "Ah Sunflower, weary of time," — William Blake, "Ah Sunflower"

   nature, love, death
8. Divine Image by William Blake

   "To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love," — William Blake, "Divine Image"

   love, hope, faith
9. Earth's Answer by William Blake

   "Earth raised up her head" — William Blake, "Earth's Answer"

   nature, love, hope
10. Holy Thursday by William Blake

    "'Twas on a Holy Thursday, their innocent faces clean," — William Blake, "Holy Thursday"

    nature, death, faith
11. Infant Joy by William Blake

    ""I have no name;" — William Blake, "Infant Joy"

    nature, love, identity
12. Infant Sorrow by William Blake

    "My mother groaned, my father wept:" — William Blake, "Infant Sorrow"

    nature, identity
13. Laughing Song by William Blake

    "When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy," — William Blake, "Laughing Song"

    nature, love, grief
14. London by William Blake

    "I wandered through each chartered street," — William Blake, "London"

    nature, death, hope
15. My Pretty Rose Tree by William Blake

    "A flower was offered to me," — William Blake, "My Pretty Rose Tree"

    nature, love, hope
16. Night by William Blake

    "The sun descending in the west," — William Blake, "Night"

    nature, death, beauty
17. Nurse's Song by William Blake

    "When the voices of children are heard on the green," — William Blake, "Nurse's Song"

    nature, love, hope
18. On Another's Sorrow by William Blake

    "Can I see another's woe," — William Blake, "On Another's Sorrow"

    nature, grief, identity
19. Songs of Experience: Introduction by William Blake

    "Hear the voice of the Bard," — William Blake, "Songs of Experience: Introduction"

    nature, death, hope
20. Songs of Innocence: Introduction by William Blake

    "Piping down the valleys wild," — William Blake, "Songs of Innocence: Introduction"

    nature
21. Spring by William Blake

    " Sound the flute!" — William Blake, "Spring"

    nature, love, hope
22. The Angel by William Blake

    "I dreamt a dream! What can it mean?" — William Blake, "The Angel"

    nature, love, hope
23. The Blossom by William Blake

    "Merry, merry sparrow!" — William Blake, "The Blossom"

    general
24. The Book of Thel. Part I by William Blake

    "The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks," — William Blake, "The Book of Thel. Part I"

    nature, love, death
25. The Book of Thel. Part II by William Blake

    "O little Cloud the virgin said, I charge thee to tell me" — William Blake, "The Book of Thel. Part II"

    nature, love, death
26. The Book of Thel. Part III by William Blake

    "Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed." — William Blake, "The Book of Thel. Part III"

    nature, love, beauty
27. The Book of Thel. Part IV by William Blake

    "The eternal gates terrific porter lifted the northern bar:" — William Blake, "The Book of Thel. Part IV"

    nature, love, death
28. The Chimney Sweeper by William Blake

    "A little black thing in the snow," — William Blake, "The Chimney Sweeper"

    death, grief, faith
29. The Chimney-Sweeper by William Blake

    "When my mother died I was very young," — William Blake, "The Chimney-Sweeper"

    nature, death, beauty
30. The Clod and the Pebble by William Blake

    ""Love seeketh not itself to please," — William Blake, "The Clod and the Pebble"

    love, death, hope
31. The Echoing Green by William Blake

    "The sun does arise," — William Blake, "The Echoing Green"

    nature, solitude, time
32. The Fly by William Blake

    "Little Fly," — William Blake, "The Fly"

    death, identity, choice
33. The Garden of Love by William Blake

    "I laid me down upon a bank," — William Blake, "The Garden of Love"

    nature, love, death
34. The Human Abstract by William Blake

    "Pity would be no more" — William Blake, "The Human Abstract"

    nature, love, grief
35. The Lamb by William Blake

    " Little Lamb, who made thee" — William Blake, "The Lamb"

    nature, love, beauty
36. The Lily by William Blake

    "The modest Rose puts forth a thorn," — William Blake, "The Lily"

    nature, love, beauty
37. The Little Black Boy by William Blake

    "My mother bore me in the southern wild," — William Blake, "The Little Black Boy"

    nature, love, death
38. The Little Boy Found by William Blake

    "The little boy lost in the lonely fen," — William Blake, "The Little Boy Found"

    love, hope, solitude
39. The Little Boy Lost by William Blake

    ""Father, father, where are you going?" — William Blake, "The Little Boy Lost"

    nature, grief, sea
40. The Little Girl Found by William Blake

    "All the night in woe" — William Blake, "The Little Girl Found"

    nature, hope, solitude
41. The Little Girl Lost by William Blake

    "In futurity" — William Blake, "The Little Girl Lost"

    nature, love, death
42. The Little Vagabond by William Blake

    "Dear mother, dear mother, the Church is cold;" — William Blake, "The Little Vagabond"

    nature, love, death
43. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: The Argument by William Blake

    "Rintrah roars and shakes his fires in the burden'd air," — William Blake, "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: The Argument"

    nature, love, death
44. The Schoolboy by William Blake

    "I love to rise on a summer morn," — William Blake, "The Schoolboy"

    nature, love, hope
45. The Shepherd by William Blake

    "How sweet is the Shepherd's sweet lot!" — William Blake, "The Shepherd"

    nature, love, night
46. The Sick Rose by William Blake

    "O rose, thou art sick!" — William Blake, "The Sick Rose"

    nature, love, night
47. The Tyger by William Blake

    "Tyger, tyger, burning bright" — William Blake, "The Tyger"

    nature, love, death
48. The Voice of the Ancient Bard by William Blake

    "Youth of delight! come hither" — William Blake, "The Voice of the Ancient Bard"

    nature, hope, time
49. Thel's Motto by William Blake

    "Does the Eagle know what is in the pit?" — William Blake, "Thel's Motto"

    love, time
50. To Tirzah by William Blake

    "Whate'er is born of mortal birth" — William Blake, "To Tirzah"

    nature, love, death