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Songs of Innocence and of Experience
By William Blake
Length39m
About this audiobook
The fragile, untainted beauty of childhood wonder is starkly juxtaposed against the harsh, corrupting realities of the adult world. This masterful collection forces a deep examination of how society, industry, and strict morality can crush the human spirit. Through seemingly simple verses, profound and unsettling truths about exploitation and suffering are slowly unveiled. The contrasting states of the human soul are mapped out with chilling precision and heartbreaking empathy. It is a haunting, brilliant exploration of the loss of purity and the inevitable acquisition of painful wisdom.
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GenrePoetry
Length39 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 8, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
26THE LITTLE GIRL LOST
2INTRODUCTION
27THE LITTLE GIRL FOUND
3THE SHEPHERD
28THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER
4THE ECHOING GREEN
29NURSE’S SONG
5THE LAMB
30THE SICK ROSE
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6THE LITTLE BLACK BOY
31THE FLY
7THE BLOSSOM
32THE ANGEL
8THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER
33THE TIGER
9THE LITTLE BOY LOST
34MY PRETTY ROSE TREE
10THE LITTLE BOY FOUND
35AH, SUNFLOWER
11LAUGHING SONG
36THE LILY
12A CRADLE SONG
37THE GARDEN OF LOVE
13THE DIVINE IMAGE
38THE LITTLE VAGABOND
14HOLY THURSDAY
39LONDON
15NIGHT
40THE HUMAN ABSTRACT
16SPRING
41INFANT SORROW
17NURSE’S SONG
42A POISON TREE
18INFANT JOY
43A LITTLE BOY LOST
19A DREAM
44A LITTLE GIRL LOST
20ON ANOTHER’S SORROW
45A DIVINE IMAGE
21SONGS OF EXPERIENCE
46A CRADLE SONG
22INTRODUCTION
47TO TIRZAH
23EARTH’S ANSWER
48THE SCHOOLBOY
24THE CLOD AND THE PEBBLE
49THE VOICE OF THE ANCIENT BARD
25HOLY THURSDAY
50IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER
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