Songs of Innocence is a collection of poems by William Blake, first published in 1789 as an illuminated book combining verse with his own engraved illustrations. The poems often adopt the voices or perspectives of children and present themes of innocence, trust, imagination, pastoral life and religious faith. Works such as The Lamb use simple forms and language while addressing larger questions about creation, compassion and spiritual identity.

The collection also contains signs of social hardship and vulnerability, particularly in poems concerned with poverty, labour and the treatment of children. Blake later paired the collection with Songs of Experience, creating Songs of Innocence and of Experience in 1794. In that broader arrangement, innocence and experience are presented as contrasting states of human perception. Songs of Innocence therefore combines apparent simplicity with sustained attention to childhood, morality, religion and the social conditions of Blake’s time.