id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt www-britannica-com-1312 William Blake | British writer and artist | Britannica .html text/html 1851 167 69 William Blake | British writer and artist | Britannica In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions. In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find. https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Blake William Blake, (born Nov. 28, 1757, London, Eng.—died Aug. 12, 1827, London), English engraver, artist, poet, and visionary, author of exquisite lyrics in Songs of Innocence (1789) and Songs of Experience (1794) and profound and difficult "prophecies," such as Visions of the Daughters of Albion (1793), The First Book of Urizen (1794), Milton (1804[–?11]), and Jerusalem (1804[–?20]). What was William Blake's career like as a visual artist? What is William Blake's poetry about? What was William Blake's reputation during his lifetime? Blake wrote to his patron William Hayley in 1802, "I am under the direction of Messengers from Heaven Daily & Nightly." These visions were the source of many of his poems and drawings. ./cache/www-britannica-com-1312.html ./txt/www-britannica-com-1312.txt