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 presumed to have been composed in 1803, yet it wasn't published until 1863 alongside Alexander Gilchrist's Blake biography. The poem incorporates a collection of paradoxes that juxtapose innocence with evil and decay.