William Blake Quotes about Time

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The busy bee has no time for sorrow.

William Blake

Time, Sorrow, Bees

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

This life's dim windows of the soul Distorts the heavens from pole to pole And leads you to believe a lie When you see with, not through, the eye.

William Blake

Life, Time, Lying

'The Everlasting Gospel' (c.1818) (d) l. 99

The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow

William Blake

Life, Time, Eagles

William Blake (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)”, p.203, Delphi Classics

The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.

William Blake

Wisdom, Time, Artist

William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.114, Pearson Education

Eternity is in love with the productions of time.

William Blake

Love, Time, Eternity

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

The ruins of time build mansions in eternity.

William Blake

Time, Ruins, Eternity

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.705, Univ of California Press

Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness Which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment.

William Blake

Time, Swiftness, Mercy

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.121, Univ of California Press

Ah, sunflower, weary of time, Who countest the steps of the sun, Seeking after that sweet golden clime Where the traveller's journey is done; Where the youth pined away with desire And the pale virgin shrouded in snow Arise from their graves, and aspire Where my sunflower wishes to go.

William Blake

Sweet, Time, Journey

'Songs of Experience' (1794) 'Ah, Sun-flower!'