It is assumed to have been written in 1803, but was not published until 1863 in the companion volume to Alexander Gilchrist's biography of Blake. The poem contains a series of paradoxes which speak of innocence juxtaposed with evil and corruption.
It is believed to have been penned in 1803, but was not released until 1863 within Alexander Gilchrist's biography of Blake. The poem includes a sequence of contradictions that highlight innocence alongside evil and decay.