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William Blake Quotes - Page 8

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The Man who never in his Mind & Thoughts travel'd to Heaven Is No Artist.

The Man who never in his Mind & Thoughts travel'd to Heaven Is No Artist.

Travel, Artist, Men

"The Prophetic Writings of William Blake: With a General Introduction Glossarial Index of Symbols Commentary and Appendices".

THE POISON TREE I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe; I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I water'd it in fears, Night & morning with my tears; And I sunned it with my smiles And with soft deceitful wiles. And it grew both day and night, Till it bore an apple bright; And my foe beheld it shine, And he knew that it was mine, And into my garden stole When the night had veil'd the pole: In the morning glad I see My foe outstretch'd beneath the tree.

Morning, Night, Garden

'Songs of Experience' (1794) 'A Poison Tree'

Love seeketh only self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite.

Love, Loss, Self

'Songs of Experience' (1794) 'The Clod and the Pebble'

What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children.

Dance, Wisdom, Song

William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.337, Pearson Education

Hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is better, especially when it comes to saving life, or some pain!

Pain, Saving, Wonderful

To be an Error and to be Cast out is a part of God's Design.

Errors, Design, Casts

William Blake (1988). “William Blake”, Oxford University Press, USA

You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue.

Hate, Artist, Race

William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.616, Oxford University Press, USA

Down the winding cavern we groped our tedious way, till a void boundless as the nether sky appeared beneath us, and we held by the roots of trees and hung over this immensity; but I said: if you please we will commit ourselves to this void and see whether providence is here also.

Sky, Roots, Tree

William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.122, Pearson Education

Does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so?" He replied, "All poets believe it does. And in ages of imagination, this firm persuasion removes mountains; but many are not capable of firm persuasion of anything.

Believe, Imagination, Age

'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' (1790-3) 'A Memorable Fancy' plates 12-13

O Earth, O Earth, return! Arise from out the dewy grass; Night is worn; And the morn Rises from the slumbrous mass.

Morning, Night, Earth

William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.65, Routledge

Some say that happiness is not good for mortals, & they ought to be answered that sorrow is not fit for immortals & is utterly useless to any one; a blight never does good to a tree, & if a blight kill not a tree but it still bear fruit, let none say that the fruit was in consequence of the blight.

Happiness, Tree, Sorrow

William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.830, Oxford University Press, USA

Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.

Beauty, Art, Creative

William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.364, Pearson Education

As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity, I collected some of their Proverbs.

Angel, Fire, Insanity

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.35, Univ of California Press

Mercy, Pity, Peace Is the world's release.

World, Pity, Mercy

William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.154, Pearson Education

The world of imagination is the world of eternity. It is the divine bosom into which we shall all go after death of the vegetative body.

Imagination, World, Body

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.555, Univ of California Press

Never seek to tell thy love; Love that never told can be. For the gentle wind does move silently.. invisibly.

Moving, Wind, Doe

'MS Note-Book' p. 115

If you have formed a circle to go into,Go into it yourself and see how you would do.

Circles, Ifs

William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.633, Pearson Education

Man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.

Men, Perception, Caverns

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.39, Univ of California Press

Lives in eternity's sun rise.

Artist, Sun, Eternity

'MS Note-Book' p. 99 'Several Questions Answered' - "He who binds to himself a joy"

Heaven is in a grain of sand.

Heaven, Sand, Grains Of Sand

He who does not imagine in stronger and better lineaments, and in stronger and better light than his perishing and mortal eye can see, does not imagine at all.

Eye, Light, Stronger

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.541, Univ of California Press

If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out.

Inspiring, Moon, Doubt

William Blake, “Auguries Of Innocence”

Eternity is in love with the productions of time.

Love, Time, Eternity

'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' (1790-3) 'Proverbs of Hell'

Mutual forgiveness of each vice. Such are the Gates of Paradise.

Forgiveness, Vices, Paradise

'For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise' 'Mutual Forgiveness of each Vice' [prologue]

Since all the riches of this world May be gifts from the Devil and earthly kings, I should suspect that I worshipp'd the Devil If I thank'd my God for worldly things.

Kings, Simplicity, Devil

William Blake (2000). “The Selected Poems of William Blake”, p.154, Wordsworth Editions

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