William Blake Quotes About Hell

Quotes about: Hell

• Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.

  William Blake

  Love, Life, Broken Heart

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

• 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.

  William Blake

  Angel, Fire, Insanity

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

• As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.

  William Blake

  Atheist, Eggs, Joy

  William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.167, Routledge

• 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.

  William Blake

  Love, Loss, Self

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

• The Vision of Christ that thou dost see,
  Is my vision's greatest enemy.
  Thine is the Friend of all Mankind,
  Mine speaks in Parables to the blind.
  Thine loves the same world that mine hates,
  Thy heaven-doors are my hell gates.

  William Blake

  Hate, Doors, Heaven

  William Blake (1977). “The Portable William Blake”, p.14, Penguin

• The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels and God, and at liberty when of Devils and Hell, is because he was a true poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it.

  William Blake

  Party, Angel, Knowing

  The Marriage of Heaven and Hell "The Voice of the Devil" (note) (1790 - 1793)

• Grown old in love from seven till seven times seven,I oft have wished for Hell for ease from Heaven.

  William Blake

  Heaven, Ease, Hell

  William Blake, Michael Mason (1998). “Selected Poetry”, p.265, Oxford University Press, USA

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

  William Blake

  Soul, Lions, Hell

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

• I was in a Printing-house in Hell, and saw the method in which knowledge is transmitted from generation to generation.

  William Blake

  House, Generations, Saws

  'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' (1790-3) 'A Memorable Fancy' plates 15-17

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