It is a short and early example of his prophetic books, and a sequel of sorts to The Book of Thel. The Daughters of Albion hear her woes, and echo back her sighs. At the time in which this work was published slavery was a hotly contested issue within England. Visions of the Daughters of Albion is a 1793 poem by William Blake, produced as a book with his own illustrations. mistaken Demon of heaven! The central narrative is of the female character Oothoon, called the "soft soul of America", and of her sexual experience. Are not different joys: Holy, eternal, infinite? For the soft soul of America, Oothoon, wander‟d in woe Along the vales of Leutha, seeking flowers to comfort her; And thus she spoke to the bright Marigold of Leutha‟s vale:— 5 ‘O Urizen!

Thy joys are tears, thy labour vain to form men to thine image. Slave narratives (such as Olaudah Equiano’s Narrative) were a highly popular literature form during this time. Creator of men! Visions ENSLAV‟D, the Daughters of Albion weep; a trembling lamentation Upon their mountains; in their valleys, sighs toward America. It is a short and early example of his prophetic books, and a sequel of sorts to The Book of Thel.. and each joy is a Love. 115: How can one joy absorb another? Visions of the Daughters of Albion is a 1793 poem by William Blake, produced as a book with his own illustrations. The following poem expresses the deep concern of Blake as for the condition of the female gender and the social inequalities that he suffered then… Crucial to the overall message of Visions of the Daughters of Albion is the overarching metaphoric association of gender-based oppression with slavery.

It was not until 1807 that the slave trade was abolished by the British, but this left the colony-based slave plantations intact; the abolition of colo… The writer of this paper analyzes William Blake's poem "Visions of the Daughters of Albion" written in 1793.