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Songs And Proverbs Of William Blake, Op. 74	(23:20)
A1a	Proverb I. The Pride Of The Peacock ... London
A1b	Proverb II. Prisons Are Built ... The Chimney Sweeper
A1c	Proverb III. The Bird A Nest ... A Poison Tree
A1d	Proverb IV. Think In The Morning ... The Tyger
A1e	Proverb V. The Tygers Of Wrath ... The Fly
A1f	Proverb VI. The Hours Of Folly ... Ah, Sun Flower
A1g	Proverb VII. To See A World ... Every Night And Every Morn
The Holy Sonnets Of John Donne, Op. 35
B1	Oh My Black Soule!	3:15
B2	Batter My Heart	1:15
B3	Oh Might Those Sighes And Teares	3:00
B4	Oh, To Vex Me	1:05
B5	What If This Present	2:45
B6	Since She Whom I Loved	3:25
B7	At The Round Earth's Imagined Corners	2:30
B8	Thou Hast Made Me	1:35
B9	Death, Be Not Proud	3:55

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• Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited

Credits

• Baritone Vocals – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (tracks: A1)
• Composed By – Benjamin Britten
• Piano – Benjamin Britten
• Sleeve Notes – Peter Evans
• Tenor Vocals – Peter Pears (tracks: B1 to B9)
• Text By – John Donne (tracks: B1 to B9), William Blake (tracks: A1)

Notes

"ffss - Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound"
Op. 74: Faber Music
Op. 35: Boosey & Hawkes

The individual songs on side one are listed separately but are not divided into separate tracks

Sleeve printed in England by Clout & Baker Ltd.

Includes a single sheet with lyrics

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label Side 1): ZAL.8657
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label Side 2): ZAL.8656
• Matrix / Runout (runout etchings Side 1): ZAL-8657-4G
• Matrix / Runout (runout etchings Side 2): ZAL-8656-6G

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SXL 6391	Britten* / Pears*, Fischer-Dieskau*, Britten*	Britten* / Pears*, Fischer-Dieskau*, Britten* - Songs & Proverbs Of William Blake - The Holy Sonnets Of John Donne ‎(LP, Album)	Decca	SXL 6391	UK	1969
SXL 6391, SXL.6391	Benjamin Britten, Pears*, Fischer-Dieskau*	Benjamin Britten, Pears*, Fischer-Dieskau* - Songs & Proverbs Of William Blake / The Holy Sonnets Of John Donne ‎(LP, RP)	Decca, Decca	SXL 6391, SXL.6391	UK	1974
S-6500	Britten* / William Blake, John Donne, Pears*, Fischer-Dieskau*	Britten* / William Blake, John Donne, Pears*, Fischer-Dieskau* - Songs & Proverbs Of William Blake, Op. 74 / The Holy Sonnets Of John Donne, Op. 35 ‎(LP, Album, Club)	World Record Club, The Record Society	S-6500	Australia	1974
OS 26099, OS.26099	Benjamin Britten / Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau	Benjamin Britten / Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Songs And Proverbs Of William Blake - The Holy Sonnets Of John Donne ‎(LP, Album)	London Records, London Records	OS 26099, OS.26099	US	1969