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William Blake quotes

English Poet, Painter November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827

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The Sick Rose O Rose, thou art sick. The invisible worm That flies in the night In the howling storm Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy, And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. William Blake
Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth. William Blake
LOVE'S SECRETNever seek to tell thy love, Love that never told can be; For the gentle wind doth move Silently, invisibly. I told my love, I told my love, I told her all my heart, Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears. Ah! she did depart! Soon after she was gone from me, A traveller came by, Silently, invisibly: He took her with a sigh. William Blake
William Blake quote: "Children of the future age. Reading this indignant page. Know..."
Children of the future age. Reading this indignant page. Know that in a former time. Love, sweet love, was thought a crime William Blake
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 in the green. And the gates of this chapel were shut, And 'Thou shalt not' writ over the door, So I turned 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 and desires. William Blake
For Mercy has a human heart;Pity, a human face;And Love, the human form divine:And Peace the human dress.Songs of InnocenceCruelty has a human heartAnd jealousy a human face,Terror the human form divine,And secrecy the human dress.The human dress is forged iron,The human form a fiery forge,The human face a furnace seal'd,The human heart its hungry gorge.Songs of Experience - This poem was discovered posthumously. William Blake
For I dance And drink and sing, Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing. If thought is life. And strength and breath. And the want. Of thought is death. Then am IA happy fly. If I live. Or if I die William Blake
William Blake quote: "For Mercy has a human heart. Pity, a human face: And Love, the..."
For Mercy has a human heart. Pity, a human face: And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress. William Blake
William Blake quote: "Never seek to tell thy love; Love that never told can be. For..."
Never seek to tell thy love; Love that never told can be. For the gentle wind does move silently.. invisibly. William Blake
William Blake quote: "Eternity is in love with the productions of time."
Eternity is in love with the productions of time. William Blake
William Blake quote: "Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too."
Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too. William Blake
William Blake quote: "Dip him in the river who loves water."
Dip him in the river who loves water. William Blake
And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds and binding with briars my joys and desires. (from 'The Garden of Love') William Blake
William Blake quote: "And we are put on this earth a little space that we might..."
And we are put on this earth a little space that we might learn to bear the beams of love William Blake
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

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