William Blake (1757–1827) is a classic author whose works are in the public domain.

Blake's paired sequences of deceptively simple poems strip away the Romantic era's sentimentality to expose how innocence and experience are two sides of the same human tragedy.

Blake's incendiary prose-poetry tears down the Victorian moral hierarchy by celebrating desire, rebellion, and imagination as divine forces, making every page feel like encountering forbidden knowledge. This slim volume packs more radical philosophy than books ten times its length.