The Lilly
William Blake * Track #12 On Songs of Experience
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- #2The Clod and the Pebble
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- #3The Litle Girl Lost
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- #4The Little Girl Found
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- #5The Chimney Sweeper (Songs of Experience)
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- #6The Sick Rose
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- #7The Fly
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- #8The Angel
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- #9The Tyger
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- #10My Pretty Rose Tree
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- #11Ah! Sun-flower
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- #12The Lilly
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- #13The Garden of Love
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- #14The Little Vagabond
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- #17Infant Sorrow
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- #18A Poison Tree
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- #19A Little Boy Lost
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- #20A Little Girl Lost
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- #21A Divine Image (Songs of Experience)
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- #22A Cradle Song
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- #23The Schoolboy
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- #24To Tirzah
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- #25The Voice of the Ancient Bard
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- #26Holy Thursday (Songs of Experience)
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The Lilly by William Blake
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William BlakeAbout
This poem was first published in 1794 and was one of the series of poems in Songs of Experience. These short poems explore the harsh realities of late 18th and early 19th Century life during the time of King George III, known — ironically given the terrible social conditions of the time — as the Rom...
The Lilly Annotated
The modest Rose puts forth a thorn
The humble sheep a threat'ning horn
While the Lilly white shall in Love delight
Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright
The Lilly Q&A
Who wrote The Lilly's ?
The Lilly was written by William Blake.