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'''William Blake''' is a visionary poet (28 November 1757 — 12 August 1827) who provides a timeless perspective on love:
'''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>


''As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys''.
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).

Wikipedia Article.

See also