Art, Symbol & Imagination
A Dream: The Lost Emmet
A kneeling child looks down into long grass beside another resting figure. Above them a thin tree carries round curling forms against a muted sky. The printed caption names the lost emmet, or ant, from Blake’s dream of a creature finding its way home.
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Charles Robinson and Mary H. Robinson. "A Dream: The Lost Emmet" [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 53. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0370-0041
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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. A Dream: The Lost Emmet. Songs of Innocence and Other Poems. Scan leaf 53. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0370-0041