Songs and Ballads

[From Blake’s Notebook (c.1793)]

"Never pain to tell thy Love..."
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"I fear'd the fury of my wind..."
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"I saw a chapel all of gold..."
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"I laid me down upon a bank..."
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A Cradle Song
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"I asked a thief to steal me a peach..."
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To my Mirtle
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"O lapwing thou fliest around the heath..."
 [To go] on I Plate

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An answer to the parson
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Experiment. "Thou hast a lap full of seed..."
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Riches
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"If you trap the moment before its ripe..."
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Eternity
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"Silent Silent Night..."
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To Nobodaddy
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"Are not the joys of morning sweeter..."
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"How came pride in Man..."
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How to know Love from Deceit
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The wild flowers song
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Soft Snow
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Merlins prophecy
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"Why should I care for the men of thames..."
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Day
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"The sword sung on the barren heath..."
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"Abstinence sows sand all over..."
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"In a wife I would desire..."
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Lacedemonian Instruction
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"An old maid early eer I knew..."
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Several Questions Answerd
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"The look of love alarms"
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"Soft deceit & Idleness"
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"What is it men do in women require..."
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An ancient Proverb
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The Fairy
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"My Spectre around me night & day..."
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“Oer my Sins Thou sit & moan...”
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"Mock on Mock on Voltaire Rousseau"
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Morning
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"Terror in the house does roar"
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The Birds
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"Why was Cupid a Boy"
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"Now Art has lost its mental Charms"
[Dedication to Blake's Illustrations to Blair's Grave, printed 1808]

To the Queen
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"The Caverns of the Grave Ive seen"
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"I rose up at the dawn of day"
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"A fairy skipd upon my knee"
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[With Blake's Illustrations to Gray's Poems ]

"Around the Springs of Gray my wild root weaves"
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To Mrs Ann Flaxman
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[The Pickering Manuscript]

The Smile
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The Golden Net
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The Mental Traveller
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The Land of Dreams
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Mary
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The Crystal Cabinet
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The Grey Monk
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Auguries of Innocence
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Long John Brown & Little Mary Bell
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William Bond
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Mr Blake's Nursery Rhyme
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