Though they share the same title, Bruce Dickinson's and William Blake's The Book of Thel are very different in their intent

Both Blake and Jim Morrison saw themselves as poet prophets - but what does that mean for the music of The Doors?

While "Jerusalem" may often invoke memories of Last Night of the Proms, Bruce Dickinson has a very different take.

Nick Drake was often drawn to Blake's lyric vision in his own writing.

Described by Nick Cave as a poet whose company he constantly enjoys, William Blake has had a long influence on Cave's work.

Among the very first popular musical settings of Blake's music were those by The Fugs in the 1960s.

Everyone knows the Doors are named for the doors of perception – but that phrase comes from Aldous Huxley's book on hallucinogens as well as from Blake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell.