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Podcast: A New Voice of Freedom
Episode: Season 2 Podcast 9 The Lamb and the Tiger
Description: Season 2 Podcast 9 The Lamb and the Tiger Love too. William Blake is another of my many favorite poets. The English romantic period began in England in 1798 associated with the publication Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge. Blake was born in London in 1757. He died in 1827. Blake epitomizes the romantic movement. He was given to visions. At age 4 he saw God “Put is head to the window.” In his perambulations, he saw a tree filled with angels. The poems you referred to appear in Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. In Songs of Innocence, he include...