William Blake Quotes - Page 18

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• The atoms of Democritus
  And Newton's particles of light
  Are sands upon the Red Sea shore,
  Where Israel's tents do shine so bright.

  William Blake

  Light, Israel, Sea

  William Blake (2000). “The Selected Poems of William Blake”, p.108, Wordsworth Editions

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• You smile with pomp and rigor, you talk of benevolence and virtue; I act with benevolence and virtue and get murdered time after time.

  William Blake

  Feelings, Religion, Virtue

  William Blake (1906). “Poetical Works”

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• Let every Christian, as much as in him lies, engage himself openly and publicly, before all the World, in some mental pursuit for the Building up of Jerusalem.

  William Blake

  Christian, Lying, Building Up

  William Blake, Morton D. Paley (1998). “Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion”, p.258, Princeton University Press

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• Embraces are comminglings from the head even to the feet, And not a pompous high priest entering by a secret place.

  William Blake

  Love, Secret Places, Feet

  William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.822, Pearson Education

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• 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

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• Dip him in the river who loves water.

  William Blake

  Rivers, Water, Dip

  William Blake (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)”, p.209, Delphi Classics

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• All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.

  William Blake

  Future, Desperate, Rage

  William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.421, Pearson Education

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• 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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• Although wine when it is read somewhat lacks the savour of wine when it is drunk, wine remains a very pleasant thing both to read about and to chat about.

  William Blake

  Wine, Drunk, Savour

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• When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry weep weep weep weep. So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep.

  William Blake

  Mother, Father, Sleep

  'Songs of Innocence' (1789) 'The Chimney Sweeper'

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• If others had not been foolish, we should be so.

  William Blake

  Foolish, Should, Folly

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

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• Come o'er the eastern hills, and let our winds Kiss thy perfumed garments; let us taste Thy morn and evening breath; scatter thy pearls Upon our love-sick land that mourns for thee.

  William Blake

  Kissing, Land, Wind

  William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.4, Pearson Education

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• 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

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• Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau! Mock on, mock on: 'Tis all in vain! You throw the sand against the wind, And the wind blows it back again. And every sand becomes a gem Reflected in the beams divine; Blown back they blind the mocking eye, But still in Israel's paths they shine. The atoms of Democritus And Newton's particles of light Are sands upon the Red Sea shore, Where Israel's tents do shine so bright.

  William Blake

  Eye, Science, Blow

  'MS Note-Book' p. 7

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• May God us keep From Single vision and Newton's sleep.

  William Blake

  Sleep, Vision, May

  "Letter to Thomas Butts, 22 November 1802" (1802)

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• Degrade first the Arts if you'd Mankind Degrade. Hire Idiots to Paint with cold light & hot shade: Give high Price for the worst, leave the best in disgrace, And with Labours of Ignorance fill every place.

  William Blake

  Art, Ignorance, Light

  William Blake (2000). “The Selected Poems of William Blake”, p.155, Wordsworth Editions

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• My Brother starv'd between two Walls,His Children's Cry my Soul appalls

  William Blake

  Brother, Children, Wall

  William Blake (2000). “The Selected Poems of William Blake”, p.135, Wordsworth Editions

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• 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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• O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit Beneath my shady roof; there thou may'st rest, And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe; And all the daughters of the year shall dance! Sing now the lusty song of fruit and flowers.

  William Blake

  Daughter, Song, Flower

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.409, Univ of California Press

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• The spirits of the air live on the smells Of fruit; and joy, with pinions light, roves round The gardens, or sits singing in the trees.

  William Blake

  Autumn, Garden, Light

  William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.4, Routledge

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• The fox provides for himself, but God provides for the lion.

  William Blake

  Lions, Foxes, God Provides

  William Blake (1977). “The Portable William Blake”, p.185, Penguin

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• The hand of Vengeance found the Bed To which the Purple Tyrant fled The iron hand crush'd the tyrant's head And became Tyrant in his stead.

  William Blake

  Crush, Tyrants, Purple

  William Blake (1977). “The Portable William Blake”, p.119, Penguin

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• England! awake! awake! awake! Jerusalem thy sister calls! Why wilt thou sleep the sleep of death And close her from thy ancient walls?

  William Blake

  Sister, Wall, Sleep

  'Jerusalem' (1815) 'To the Christians' (plate 77) "England! awake!... "

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• God forbid that Truth should be confined to Mathematical Demonstration!

  William Blake

  Truth, Math, Statistics

  William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.474, Oxford University Press, USA

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• The Britons (say historians) were naked, civilized men, learned, studious, abstruse in thought and contemplation; naked, simple, plain in their acts and manners; wiser than after ages.

  William Blake

  Simple, Men, Age

  William Blake, David V. Erdman, Harold Bloom (1982). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.542, Univ of California Press

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