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Auguries of Innocence is a poem from one of William Blake ' s notebooks now known as The Pickering Manuscript . It is assumed to have been written in 1803 , but was not published until 1863 in the companion volume to Alexander Gilchrist ' s ___MASK86___ of William Blake . The poem contains a ___MASK85___ of paradoxes which speak of innocence juxtaposed with evil and corruption . The poem is 132 lines and has been published with and without breaks that divide the poem into stanzas . An augury is a sign or omen . Lines from the poem were set to music in 1965 by Benjamin Britten as part of his song cycle Songs and Proverbs of William Blake . Alexander Gilchrist ( 182830 ___MASK14___ 1861 ) was the biographer of William Blake . Gilchrist ' s ___MASK86___ is still a standard ___MASK50___ work on the poet . A ___MASK66___ ( Greek :  , " phainómenon ", from the verb " phainein ", to ___MASK28___ , shine , appear , to be manifest or manifest itself , plural phenomena ) is any thing which manifests itself . Phenomena are often , but not always , understood as " things that appear " or " experiences " for a sentient being , or in principle ___MASK95___ be so . 100 Greatest Britons was broadcast in 2002 by the BBC . The programme was based on a ___MASK68___ poll conducted to determine whom the United Kingdom ___MASK80___ considered the greatest British people in ___MASK59___ . The series , " Great Britons ", included individual programmes featuring the individuals who featured in the top ten , with viewers having further opportunities to vote after each programme . It concluded with a ___MASK8___ . All of the top 10 were dead by the year of broadcast . ___MASK83___ ( the term derives from a variant of the Greek term , " poiesis ", " making ") is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language  such as phonaesthetics , sound symbolism , and metre  to evoke meanings in addition to , or in place of , the prosaic ostensible meaning . William Blake ( 28 ___MASK14___ 1757  12 ___MASK90___ 1827 ) was an English poet , painter , and printmaker . Largely unrecognised during his lifetime , Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the ___MASK59___ of the ___MASK83___ and visual arts of the Romantic Age . His prophetic works have been said to form " what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of ___MASK83___ in the English language ". His visual artistry led one contemporary art critic to proclaim him " far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced ". In 2002 , Blake was placed at number 38 in the BBC ' s poll of the 100 Greatest Britons . Although he lived in London his entire life ( except for three years spent in Felpham ), he produced a diverse and symbolically rich " œuvre ", which embraced the imagination as " the body of God " or " human existence itself ". In ___MASK83___ , a stanza ( from Italian " stanza " , " room ") is a grouped set of lines within a poem , usually set off from other stanzas by a blank line or indentation . Stanzas can have regular rhyme and metrical schemes , though stanzas are not strictly required to have either . There are many unique . Some stanzaic forms are simple , such as four - line quatrains . Other forms are more complex , such as the Spenserian stanza . Fixed verse poems , such as sestinas , can be defined by the number and form of their stanzas . The term " stanza " is similar to " strophe ", though strophe is sometimes used to refer to irregular set of lines , as opposed to regular , rhymed stanzas . An omen ( also called " portent " or " presage ") is a ___MASK66___ that is believed to foretell the future , often signifying the advent of ___MASK63___ . People in the ancient times believed that omens lie with a divine message from their gods . London is the ___MASK58___ and most populous ___MASK70___ of England and the United Kingdom , as well as the most populous ___MASK70___ proper in the European Union . Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain , London has been a major settlement for two millennia . It was founded by the Romans , who named it " Londinium ". London ' s ancient core , the ___MASK70___ of London , largely retains its medieval boundaries . Since at least the 19th century , " London " has also referred to the metropolis around this core , historically split between Middlesex , Essex , Surrey , Kent , and Hertfordshire , which today largely makes up Greater London , governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly . Felpham ( sometimes pronounced locally as " Felf - fm ") is a ___MASK11___ and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex , England . Although sometimes considered part of the urban area of greater Bognor Regis , it is a ___MASK11___ and civil parish in its own right , having an area of 4 . 26 km² with a population of 9611 people that is still growing ( 2001 census ). The population at the 2011 Census was 9 , 746 .