Poetical Sketches of Life (2 volumes, 1841)

Poetical Sketches by William Blake.

Poetical Sketches is the first collection of poetry and prose by William Blake, written between 1769 and 1777.

After the initial 1783 publication, Poetical Sketches as a volume remained unpublished until R.H. Shepherd's edition in 1868.

This is a reference to the original publication of Poetical Sketches and refers to lines 2-3 of 'Edward the Fourth'.

Erdman includes the two pieces in Poetical Sketches simply because there is no other collection with which to associate them.

For example, R.H. Shepherd did not include them in his publication of Poetical Sketches in 1868.

Loreena McKennitt used lines from the Poetical Sketches in her song Lullaby.

Blake's first collection of poems, Poetical Sketches, was printed around 1783.

Poetical Sketches of Scripture Characters, London, 1848, 12mo.