The First Known Publication of Blake in America

By Andrew Stauffer

William Blake first appears in America in the National Anti-Slavery Standard in 1842. I discovered this article in print many years ago. Now it is online and is presented here also:

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The earliest poem is ‘The Little Black Boy,’ which appeared in the issue dated 10 March 1842 (vol. II, no. 40, 160). Poems in subsequent issues: ‘The Chimney-Sweeper’, ‘Night’, ‘The Divine Image’, ‘A Dream’, ‘On Another’s Sorrow’, from the Songs of Innocence; and ‘Little Boy Lost’, ‘Ah! Sunflower’, from the Songs of Experience. See the article for further documentation.

SOURCE: Stauffer, Andrew. “The First Known Publication of Blake in America,” Notes and Queries, March 1996, pp. 41-43.

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