Art, Symbol & Imagination
Night: And I Must Seek for Mine
A fair-haired child carrying leafy stems stands beside a wooden gate. Sunlight and leafy shadows cross the path before a house enclosed by climbing plants. The caption belongs to Night, linking the garden scene with the poem’s search for rest and shelter.
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Charles Robinson and Mary H. Robinson. "Night: And I Must Seek for Mine" [editorial title]. In Songs of Innocence and Other Poems, William Blake. Undated J. M. Dent / E. P. Dutton illustrated selection; University of Toronto catalogue estimates [1912]., undated edition, J. M. Dent & Sons / E. P. Dutton & Co.. Source scan leaf 43. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0370-0032
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
This Robinson illustrated selection credits Charles Robinson and Mary H. Robinson for its decoration. These are their illustrations to Blake’s poems, rather than facsimiles of Blake’s illuminated plates.
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Charles Robinson and Mary H. Robinson. Night: And I Must Seek for Mine. Songs of Innocence and Other Poems. Scan leaf 43. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0370-0032