And The Mountains Echoed William Blake Poem. Published in songs of innocence in 1789 the poem tells of a nurse who is watching her children playing out in the fields. Blake s most renowned work in poetry is songs of innocence and of experience considered one of the.
William blake 1757 1827 was an english poet painter and printmaker who remained largely unknown during his lifetime but rose to prominence after his death and is now considered a highly influential figure in the history of poetry and one of the greatest artists in britain s history. The inspiration for it was the nurse s song a lovely poem by william blake in which he ends a verse with the line and all the hills echoed well well go and play till the light fades away and then go home to bed. Author khaled hosseini writes in the acknowledgments that the title is a reference to nurses song a poem by british poet william blake 1757 1827 that celebrates childhood innocence.
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Published in songs of innocence in 1789 the poem tells of a nurse who is watching her children playing out in the fields. The title and the mountains echoed comes from the poem the nurse s song by william blake. Blake s most renowned work in poetry is songs of innocence and of experience considered one of the. And was the holy lamb of god.