William Blake

William Blake

William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. 

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A man's worst enemies are those Of his own house and family, And he who makes his law a curse By his own law shall surely die.

For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human face, Love the human form divine, and Peace the human dress.

The head Sublime the heart Pathos the genitals Beauty the hands & feet Proportion.

The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.

What seems to be is to those to whom it seems to be and is productive of the most dreadful consequences to those to whom it seems to be even of torments despair eternal death.

When I tell the truth it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it but for the sake of defending those that do.

I looked for my soul but my soul I could not see. I looked for my God but my God eluded me. I looked for a friend and then I found all three.

When the sun rises do you not see a round disc of fire somewhat like a guinea? O no no I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host crying "Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God Almighty."

Does the Eagle know what is in the pit / Or wilt thou go ask the Mole? / Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod / Or Love in a golden bowl?

The fox condemns the trap not himself.

The nakedness of woman is the work of God.

Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.

To Mercy Pity Peace and Love / All pray in their distress.

He who pretends to be either painter or engraver without being a master of drawing is an imposter.

A Robin Redbreast in a Cage Puts all Heaven in a Rage.

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