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Collected Poems

2nd Edition

By William Blake

Edited by W.B Yeats

Introduction by Tom Paulin

Published July 11th 2002 by Routledge – 304 pages

Series: Routledge Classics

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    William Blake is a poet without parallel, who remains a source of wisdom and inspiration to countless individuals throughout the world.

    This selection was commissioned in 1905 by the firm of George Routledge from W.B. Yeats, who had previously been one of the pioneer editors of Blake's prophetic books. Yeats, one of the few poets whose work could be compared with that of Blake, prepared a unique selection of his poetic and prose writings. There is no better way to encounter the work of one poetic genius than as it is presented by another, and Yeats understood Blake in a way few others did.

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    'It was like God had a human voice, with all the infinite tenderness and anciency and mortal gravity of a living Creator speaking to his son.' - Allen Ginsberg on the voice of William Blake

    Author Bio

    William Blake (1757-1827). Artist, poet, visionary and radical.

    William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). One of the most significant poets of the modern age.

    Name: Collected Poems: 2nd Edition (Hardback) – Routledge 
    Description: By William BlakeEdited by W.B YeatsIntroduction by Tom Paulin. William Blake is a poet without parallel, who remains a source of wisdom and inspiration to countless individuals throughout the world. This selection was commissioned in 1905 by the firm of George Routledge from W.B. Yeats, who had previously been one...
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