The Progress of Poesy

Title

The Progress of Poesy

Student Commentary:

This image is from Blake’s illustrations to “The Progress of Poesy,” a long Pindaric ode in Thomas Gray’s Poems (1972 facsimile). It depicts Hyperion in a burst of light emerging from the sun. Hyperion holds a bow and arrow at the ready, as he is about to cast war upon the forces of “sickly” Night and various human ills.

Links:

Detailed View of Image at the William Blake Archive

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Source

William Blake@Union Digital Collection