William Blake (1757-1827) was one of a kind. A printer, an illustrator, a painter, a poet, a visionary, a provocateur. And that’s just the start of it.
But to read some of his verse, for a change, I took the dog off to the park near us in which there is a rather lovely memorial garden to Sir Nicholas Winton. Who he, you might well ask? Well, watch and see–for even if you don’t know his name, it is highly likely that you have heard of his achievements.
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Finding out more…
- Sir Nicholas Winton on Wiki
- William Blake on Wiki
- The Songs of Innocence and Experience
- The text of Little Boy Found (A Song of Innocence)
- The text of On Another’s Sorrow (A Song of Innocence)
- The text of The School Boy (A Song of Experience)
Artwork in the video (apart from the Blake facsimile)
- Portrait of William Blake by Thomas Phillips (1807)
- The Prodigal Daughter by Charlie Mackesy
