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Night Thoughts, page 16: 'Oft bursts my song beyond the bounds of life', William Blake

Night Thoughts, page 16: 'Oft bursts my song beyond the bounds of life'

'Oft bursts my song beyond the bounds of life' (Page 16) (museum title)

William Blake (British) (1757-1827)

Movement
Romanticism
Date
1797
Medium
Etching, engraving and letterpress, hand-colored with watercolor
Dimensions
40.6 × 32.4 cm
Collection
Yale Center for British Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Yale Center for British Art, CC0

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