(1757-1827)— "I was angry with my friend; I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe; I told it not, my wrath did grow." ('A Poison Tree' in Songs of Experience) William Blake, the son of a London hosier, did not receive any formal education but was self-taught in many respects before he enrolled as an apprentice to James Basire who was the engraver for the Society of Antiquities. Following …showed first 75 words of 2410 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2410 total…justice to all of Blake's multitudinous ideas here, we may acknowledge that Blake's ideas range throughout a wide scope of subjects and vary from the radical to the practical. Blake was indeed, no ordinary thinker. We would like to encourage future students to consider Blake in a way that not only challenges their own views and opinions about the world but, their opinions about the man himself. (www.vu.union.edu/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** in document!