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'''William Blake''' | '''William Blake''' (28 November 1757 — 12 August 1827) was a poet and painter who went largely unrecognized during his lifetime, but is now considered a seminal figure in the artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement known as Romanticism<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism Wikipedia on Romanticism.]</ref> or the Romantic age/ara. In the poem “A Little Girl Lost” (1794), he envisages a future where children and adolescents will freely enjoy nudity and love, and the religious condemnation of these pleasures will cause indignation. Blake provided a timeless perspective on love: | ||
''Children of the future age,'' | ''Children of the future age,'' | ||
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''Love! sweet Love! was thought a crime.'' | ''Love! sweet Love! was thought a crime.'' | ||
from Songs of Experience. | - "A Little Girl Lost," from ''Songs of Experience'' (1794).<ref>[https://agapeta.art/2019/06/18/a-little-girl-lost-by-william-blake/ Full poem and links on Agapeta]</ref> | ||
'' | The above lines form the famous ending of 1st wave [[MAP_Movement|MAP Movement]] scholar-activist [[Thomas O'Carroll|Tom O'Carroll]]'s book ''[[http://www.ipce.info/host/radicase/preface.htm|Paedophilia: The Radical Case]]'' (1980). | ||
Also see his poem "[https://agapeta.art/2023/02/12/the-garden-of-love-by-william-blake/#more-3070 The Garden of Love]" (1794). | |||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake Wikipedia Article]. | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake Wikipedia Article]. | ||
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William Blake (28 November 1757 — 12 August 1827) was a poet and painter who went largely unrecognized during his lifetime, but is now considered a seminal figure in the artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement known as Romanticism[1] or the Romantic age/ara. In the poem “A Little Girl Lost” (1794), he envisages a future where children and adolescents will freely enjoy nudity and love, and the religious condemnation of these pleasures will cause indignation. Blake provided a timeless perspective on love:
Children of the future age,
Reading this indignant page,
Know that in a former time,
Love! sweet Love! was thought a crime.
- "A Little Girl Lost," from Songs of Experience (1794).[2]
The above lines form the famous ending of 1st wave MAP Movement scholar-activist Tom O'Carroll's book [The Radical Case] (1980).
Also see his poem "The Garden of Love" (1794).