Top 25 Quotes by William Blake of 466 - Page 13

Every wolf's and lion's howl Raises from Hell a human soul.

Every wolf's and lion's howl Raises from Hell a human soul.

Soul, Lions, Hell

William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.286, Pearson Education

Colouring does not depend on where the colours are put, but on where the lights and darks are put, and all depends on form and outline, on where that is put.

William Blake

Light, Doe, Form

William Blake (1893). “The Works of William Blake”

A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all heaven in a rage.

William Blake

Animal, Heaven, Humanity

"Auguries of Innocence" l. 5 (ca. 1803)

If you would help another man, you must do so in minute particulars.

William Blake

Men, Helping, Minutes

Art degraded, Imagination denied.

William Blake

Art, Imagination, Denied

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.274, Univ of California Press

Joy and woe are woven fine.

William Blake

Joy, Woven, Woe

'Auguries of Innocence' (c.1803) l. 53

I have mental joys and mental health, Mental friends and mental wealth, I've a wife that I love and that loves me; I've all but riches bodily.

William Blake

Wife, Joy, Riches

William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.101, Routledge

Naught can deform the human race Like to the armor's iron brace.

William Blake

Men, Race, Iron

William Blake, “Auguries Of Innocence”

It is the greatest of crimes to depress true art and science.

William Blake

Depressing, Art, Science

William Blake (1977). “The Portable William Blake”, p.169, Penguin

The countless gold of a merry heart, The rubies and pearls of a loving eye, The indolent never can bring to the mart, Nor the secret hoard up in his treasury.

William Blake

Heart, Eye, Secret

William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.171, Pearson Education

'Come hither, my boy, tell me what thou seest there?' 'A fool tangled in a religious snare.'

William Blake

Religious, Boys, Tangled

William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.170, Pearson Education

Jerusalem (1804) And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green And was the holy lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen And did the countenance divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills And was Jerusalem builded here Among those dark Satanic mills Bring me my bow of burning gold Bring me my arrows of desire Bring me my spears o'clouds unfold Bring me my chariot of fire I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand 'Til we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant land

William Blake

Sleep, Fighting, Dark

'Milton' (1804-10) Preface 'And did those feet in ancient time'

Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age.

William Blake

Life, Men, Soul

William Blake, Michael Mason (1998). “Selected Poetry”, p.75, Oxford University Press, USA

Poetry fettered fetters the human race.

William Blake

Race, Poetry, Proportion

Jerusalem "To the Public" plate 1 (1815)

I rest not from my great task! | To open the Eternal Worlds, | to open the immortal Eyes of Man | Inwards into the Worlds of Thought; | Into eternity, ever expanding | In the Bosom of God, | The Human Imagination

William Blake

Eye, Men, Imagination

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.147, Univ of California Press

Joys impregnate. Sorrows bring forth.

William Blake

Joy, Sorrow

William Blake, William Butler Yeats (2002). “Collected Poems”, p.166, Psychology Press

Prepare your hearts for Death's cold hand! prepare Your souls for flight, your bodies for the earth; Prepare your arms for glorious victory; Prepare your eyes to meet a holy God! Prepare, prepare!

William Blake

Death, Heart, Eye

William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.242, Routledge

He loves to sit and hear me sing, Then, laughing, sports and plays with me; Then stretches out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty.

William Blake

Love, Sports, Laughter

William Blake (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)”, p.894, Delphi Classics

To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.

William Blake

Merit, Idiot, Distinction

"Annotations to The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds" (ca. 1798 - 1809)

When the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire somewhat like a guinea? O no, no, I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host crying Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty.

William Blake

Fire, Vision, Sun

'A Vision of the Last Judgement' (1810) in 'MS Note-Book' p. 95

He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.

William Blake

Art, Hypocrite, Politics

Jerusalem ch. 3, plate 55, l. 60 (1815)