WILLIAM BLAKE TO WINTER (1783) SONG: FRESH FROM THE DEWY HILL (1783) TO THE MUSES (1783) INTRODUCTION TO SONGS OF INNOCENCE (1789) THE LAMB (1789) THE LITTLE BLACK BOY (1789) A CRADLE SONG (1789) HOLY THURSDAY (1789) THE DIVINE IMAGE (1789) ON ANOTHER'S SORROW (1789) THE BOOK OF THEL (1789) THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (PRINTED 1791), ll, 198-240 A SONG OP LIBERTY (c. 1792), §§ 1-3, 12, 18-20, AND CHORUS THE FLY (1794) THE TIGER (1794) HOLY THURSDAY (1794) THE GARDEN OF LOVE (1794) A LITTLE BOY LOST (1794) THE SCHOOL-BOY (1794) LONDON (1794) AUGURIES OF INNOCENCE (WR. c. 1801-03), LL. 1-44, 73-90 VERSES FROM "MILTON" (ENGRAVED c. 1804) AND DID THOSE FEET IN ANCIENT TIME REASON AND IMAGINATION VERSES FROM "JERUSALEM" (ENGRAVED c. 1804-11) TO THE DEISTS GEORGE CANNING THE PROGRESS OF MAN (1798), CANTO XXIII, ll. 7-16, 17-30 THE NEW MORALITY (1798), ll. 87-157 CAROLINA, LADY NAIRNE THE LAND O' THE LEAL (WR. 1798) INTRODUCTION I. ORTHODOXY AND CLASSICISM QUIESCENT (1700-1725) The clearest portrayal of the prominent features of an age may sometimes be seen in poems which reveal what men desire to be rather than what they are; and which express sentiments typical, even commonplace, rather than individual. John Pomfret's _Choice_ (1700) is commonplace indeed; it was never deemed great, but it was remarkably popular. "No composition in our language," opined Dr. Johnson, "has been oftener perused,"--an opinion quite incredible until one perceives how intimately the poem harmonizes with the prevalent mood of its contemporary readers. It was written by a clergyman (a circumstance not insignificant); its form is the heroic couplet; its content is a wish, for a peaceful and civilized mode of existence. And what; is believed to satisfy that longing? A life of leisure; the necessaries of comfort plentifully provided, but used temperately; a country-house upon a hillside, not too distant from the city; a little garden bordered by a rivulet; a quiet-study furnished with the classical Roman poets; the society of a few friends, men who know the world as well as books, who are loyal to their nation and their church, and whose; conversation is intellectually vigorous but always polite; the occasional companionship of a woman of virtue, wit, and poise of manner; and, above all, the avoidance of public or private contentions. Culture and peace--and the greater of these is peace! The sentiment characterizes the first quarter of the eighteenth century.