The Lamb along with several other of Blake's poems, in the 1970s. The Lamb "The Lamb" is a poem by William Blake, published in "Songs of Innocence" in 1776. "The Lamb" is the counterpart poem to Blake's poem: "The Tyger" in "Songs of Experience". Blake wrote "Songs of Innocence" as a contrary to the "Songs of Experience" – a central tenet in his philosophy and a central theme in his work. Like many of Blake's works, the poem is about Christianity. The lamb is a common metaphor for Jesus Christ, who is also called "The Lamb of God" in John 1:29. This
HMS Tyger barge was sunk and several men wounded, but none of the "Tyger"'s crew were killed. Preparations were made to leave Garden Key. The salvaged sloop was repaired, and one "periagua" was lengthened and rigged as a schooner. On 19 March the crew of the "Tyger" boarded the sloop, the schooner rigged "periagua", the yawl, the two other "periaguas" and the canoe, and set sail for Port Royal. The canoe capsized and sank after only two days, but its crew were rescued by one of the other boats. The little fleet rounded the western end of Cuba and reached the Cayman