Despite differences, every English Romantic writer's personal experience at some point functioned as a muse for their art, resulting in works that describe observations made, they recall moments from childhood, include other writers as a subject or recipient, detail moments of personal discovery, and express appreciation for their surroundings. In their writings, English Romantic authors included observations they made about the world around them. Both of William Blake's contrasting poems titled “Holy Thursday” reflect his observations on the tradition of poor children marching from charity schools to St. Paul's Cathedral on Ascension Day. Blake expresses sympathy for the children in both pieces although his participation in the tradition never went beyond that of an observer. The innocence of children is emphasized in the Songs of Innocence version with reference to “lambs” (86; line 7) and the use of phrases such as “white as snow” (86; line 3); Blake's sentiment is once again evident in the Songs of Experience version as the children are referred to as "children reduced to misery" (90; line 3). Similarly, Blake's two works “Chimney Sweepers” were inspired by his observation of the regular practice of poor boys being sold by their parents into slavery as chimney workers. In his sonnet “The World Is Too Much With Us” Williamworth reflects on his first-hand observation of society's materialism and the need to focus more on the natural and the spiritual. He sadly discerns that people are too concerned with "getting and spending" (319; line 2) and that they have "given [their] hearts away" (319; line 4). English Romantic writers sometimes included reflections on their own childhoods in their writing as well. Charles Lamb and...... half of the sheet...... 6. Letter “To Percy Bysshe Shelley” on the death of Keats7. “So we won't go around anymore”8. “Written after swimming from Sesto to Abydos”4. Coleridge, Samuel9. “The Aeolian Harp”5. Hazlitt, William10. My first meeting with poets”6. Lamb, Charles11. “Christ's hospital thirty-five years ago”7. Shelley, Percy Bysshe12. “Adonais”13. “Hymn to intellectual beauty”14. “Toworth”8. worth it, Dorothy15. The Grasmere Diaries9. worth it, William16. “Composed on Westminster Bridge”17. “I wandered lonely like a cloud”18. “It was a beautiful evening”19. “Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey”20. “Lines written in early spring”21. “My heart leaps”22. “Surprised by joy”23. “The world is too much with us”