Excerpt from Selections From the Symbolical Poems of William Blake Those Who believe that Blake's Prophetic Books, as wholes, are great poems may consider the present volume as a simplified reader for beginners in Blake's symbolism, leading by graduated steps from the more obvious to the more complex aspects of these writings. Those who find the poetry of the Prophetic Books confined to isolated passages may regard this edition as an attempt to cull out such passages and arrange them in something roughly approximating an organic Whole, as far as the refrac tory material renders this last step possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.