"The Lamb" is a poem by William Blake, published in Songs of Innocence in 1789.
Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy C, 1789, 1794 (Library of Congress), object 8, "The Lamb" currently held at the Library of Congress
Songs of Innocence copy B 1789 Library of Congress object 29 "The Lamb"
Songs of Innocence, copy G, 1789 (Yale Center for British Art) object 8 "The Lamb"
Songs of Innocence copy U 1789 The Houghton Library object 11 "The Lamb"
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Songs of Innocence and of Experience is a collection of illustrated poems by William Blake. Originally, Blake illuminated and bound Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience separately. It was only in 1794 that Blake combined the two sets of poems into a volume titled Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. Even after beginning to print the poems together, Blake continued to produce individual volumes for each of the two sets of poetry.
Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul title page
Copy G of The Divine Image held at the Yale Center for British Art and printed in 1789
Blake's title plate (No. 29) for Songs of Experience
