Songs of Innocence and of Experience

The simple and beautiful eloquence of William Blake's poetry is exemplified here in "e;Songs of Innocence and of Experience."e; This collection of forty-six poems is actually two volumes in one. After first completing and publishing "e;Songs of Innocence"e; in 1789 Blake would, some five years later, add "e;Songs of Experience"e; to the volume in an effort to show "e;the two contrary states of the human soul."e;