OF

WILLIAM

BLAKE

Poetic, Symbolic, and Critical

EDITED WITH LITHOGRAPHS OF THE ILLUSTRATED
"PROPHETIC BOOKS," AND A MEMOIR

AND INTERPRETATION

BY

EDWIN JOHN ELLIS

Author of "Fate in Arcadia," &c.

AND

WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

Author of "The Wanderings of Oisin," "The Countess Kathleen," &c.

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Blake, William, 1757-1827.

The works of William Blake: poetic, symbolic, and

critical.

CONTENTS: v. 1. Memoir. Literary period. The
symbolic system. --v. 2. Interpretation and paraphrased
commentary. Blake the artist. Some references.--v. 3.
Poems.

1. Blake, William, 1757-1827. I. Ellis, Edwin
John, ed. II. Yeats, William Butler, 1865-1939, ed.
ND497.B6E4 1973
75-151964
ISBN 0-404-08960-7

828
B6366
1973
V.2

760'.092'4

Reprinted from the edition of 1893, London
First AS edition published in 1973

Manufactured in the United States of America

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

FRONTISPIECE-FROM A CAST OF BLAKE'S HEAD, MADE WHEN HE WAS
ABOUT FIFTY YEars old, by Deville the Phrenologist.

INTERPRETATION AND PARAPHRASED COMMENTARY :-

PAGE

3

THE SYMBOLIC STRUCTURE OF THE MYSTICAL WRITINGS

CHART OF THE SYMBOLIC STRUCTURE OF THE POEMS facing 8

SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE

9

WILLIAM BLAKE.