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  • So, indeed, is another brightness of Blake's, which is also, in his poem, a child's dream, and was certainly conceived by him in the hours of sleep, in which he woke to write the Songs of Innocence: -

    Essays Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell 1884

  • Are you upset by the way you learned of Holly and Blake's engagement?

    Bachelor Pad Winner Michael Calls Holly's Engagement Reveal Terrible 2011

  • While Blake's original uses trochees, it is the disruption of such that truly shapes the rhythm.

    On the Sublime Hal Duncan 2010

  • /Whence these legends and traditions,/With the odours of the forest,/With the dew and damp of meadows, "it's easy to demonstrate how such rigidity would ruin the latter simply by introducing it, creating a travesty of Blake's verse:" Tyger!

    On the Sublime Hal Duncan 2010

  • According to director Ian Rickson's note, William Blake's poem was put to music in 1916, to give faith to British soldiers fighting an awful war:

    Regina Weinreich: Jerusalem on Broadway: No Trip to the Holy Land Regina Weinreich 2011

  • To cover up their many misdeeds — including killing an elder — they had to tamper with Jane Blake's memory.

    The Secret Circle: Where We Were — and What's Next 2012

  • It's a theme that runs through the self-titled album partly inspired by William Blake—Mr. Salett discovered Blake's poem "A Poison Tree" in high school English.

    Rocking Near the F Train Steve Dollar 2011

  • Before we get Blake's scores, Xenia thanks Blake again for choosing her over poor poor Jared Blake, with all those kids and age creeping up.

    The Voice Episode Recap: The Results Show 2011

  • It's as clear as pins that your teaching days were wasted…I see children lining up for their first day of Big School under the dappled light of a chestnut tree in the north playground, like Blake's Holy Thursday.

    A* grades for the kids, a big F for their teacher – me 2011

  • According to director Ian Rickson's note, William Blake's poem was put to music in 1916, to give faith to British soldiers fighting an awful war:

    Regina Weinreich: Jerusalem on Broadway: No Trip to the Holy Land Regina Weinreich 2011

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