William Blake Quotes About Desire

Quotes about: Desire

• I went to the Garden of Love, And saw what I never had seen: A Chapel was built in the midst, Where I used to play on the green. And the gates of this Chapel were shut, And 'Thou shalt not' writ over the door; So I turn'd to the Garden of Love, That so many sweet flowers bore. And I saw it was filled with graves, And tomb-stones where flowers should be: And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.

  William Blake

  Sweet, Flower, Garden

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.26, Univ of California Press

• Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

  William Blake

  Inspirational, Artist, Thought Provoking

  William Blake, “The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell”

• He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.

  William Blake

  Life, Desire, Acting

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

• Abstinence sows sand all over The ruddy limbs and flaming hair, But desire gratified Plants fruits of life and beauty there.

  William Blake

  Life, Hair, Desire

  'MS Note-Book' p. 105

• 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!'

• Sooner strangle an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.

  William Blake

  Nurse, Desire, Criminal Mind

  William Blake, “The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell”

• Mans desires are limited by his perceptions; none can desire what he has not perceived.

  William Blake

  Perception, Desire

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.2, Univ of California Press

• What is it men in women do require: The lineaments of gratified desire. What is it women do in men require: The lineaments of gratified desire.

  William Blake

  Men, Desire

  'MS Note-Book' p. 99 'Several Questions Answered' - "What is it men in women do require"

• 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'

• Sweet babe, in thy face Soft desires I can trace, Secret joys and secret smiles, Little pretty infant wiles.

  William Blake

  Baby, Sweet, Joy

  William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.155, Pearson Education

• And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds and binding with briars my joys and desires. (from 'The Garden of Love')

  William Blake

  Garden, Joy, Black

  William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.75, Routledge

• Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs the unwilling. And being restrain'd it by degrees becomes passive till it is only the shadow of desire.

  William Blake

  Shadow, Desire, Degrees

  William Blake, “The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell”

• Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

  William Blake

  Lust, Desire, Goats

  "The Voice of the Devil". "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell". Book by William Blake, www.bartleby.com. 1793.

• He who has few things to desire cannot have many to fear.

  William Blake

  Desire

  William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.405, Oxford University Press, USA

• Bring me my bow of burning gold: Bring me my arrows of desire: Bring me my spear: O clouds, unfold! Bring me my chariot of fire.

  William Blake

  Fire, Clouds, Arrows

  Milton preface (1804 - 1810)

• Why a tender curb upon the youthful burning boy?
  Why a little curtain of flesh on the bed of our desire?

  William Blake

  Boys, Desire, Bed

  William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.120, Pearson Education

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