William Blake: Selected Poems by William Blake
This audiobook contains a lot of Blake's poetry, but suffers from lack of organization. There is no written table of contents or chapters in the audiobook. The Song of Innocence collection is roughly in order. Then it starts to get very random with the rest of the works. Blake's poems invoke imagery, and would probably be best read with the initial engravings. The audiobook format does not do them justice. Marriage of Heaven and Hell is an interesting longer work involving some conversations with biblical characters and situating them as people acting appropriately for their conditions. It has some interesting thoughts. "Why Was Cupid a Boy" is a fun little poem exploring gender roles and Cupid. I have a greater respect for Blake after listening to these, but now would like to read them as originally written
Song of Innocence (1789) - most of the poems are here
Song of Experience (1794) - the initial poems are present, then others are interspersed throughout.
I fear'd the fury of my wind (1793 from Blake's notebook)
Mental Traveler (written around 1803, published 1863)
Crystal Cabinet (written around 1801-1803 from pickering manuscript)
Grey Monk (written around 1803 in pickering manuscript)
Long John Brown and Little Mary Bell (pickering manuscript)
William Bond (1801-1803 pickering)
Why Was Cupid a Boy (1808-1811 in Blake's notebook)
And did those feet in ancient time (from Milton: a Poem 1804 or 1808)
Auguries of Innocence (written around 1803, published 1863)
A Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790)
