BLAKE, WILLIAM


Meaning of BLAKE, WILLIAM in English

Blake, William /bleɪk/ BrE AmE

(1757–1827) an English poet and artist whose work is an example of ↑ romanticism , and whose best-known poems are Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience . He also wrote the popular ↑ hymn (=religious song) called Jerusalem .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.