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Letter "W" » William Blake Quotes
«To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour. ot their name. William James's mysticism chapter from 'Varieties of Relligious Experience' may help here.»
Author: William Blake
(Engraver, Mystic, Painter, Poet)
| Keywords:
chapter, infinity, James, mysticism, palm, varieties, wild flower, William James
«All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.»
«For he hears the lambs innocent call.And he hears the ewes tender reply.He is watchful while they are in peace.For they know when their Shepherd is nigh.»
«Lives in eternity's sun rise.»
«I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were wise, the most arbitrary princes could not hurt them. If they are not wise, the freest government is compelled to be a tyranny. Princes appear to me to be fools. Houses of Commons and Houses of Lords appear to me to be fools; they seem to me to be something else besides human life.»
Author: William Blake
(Engraver, Mystic, Painter, Poet)
| Keywords:
arbitrary, besides, commons, compelled, countryman, countrymen, freest, houses, House of Lords, lords, princes, something else, sorry, the House of Commons
«And Father, how can I love youOr any of my brothers more?I love you like the little birdThat picks up crumbs around the door.»
«The selfish smiling fool, and the sullen frowning fool, shall be both thought wise, that they may be a rod.»
«Then I asked: `Does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so?' He replied: `All Poets believe that it does, and in ages of imagination this firm persuasion removed mountains; but many are not capable of a firm persuasion of anything.'»
Author: William Blake
(Engraver, Mystic, Painter, Poet)
| Keywords:
ages, firm, mountains, persuasion, persuasions, poets, removed, replied
«See what it is to play unfair!Where cheating is, there's mischief there.»
«The Bat that flits at close of EveHas left the Brain that won't believe.The Owl that calls upon the NightSpeaks the Unbeliever's fright.»
Author: William Blake
(Engraver, Mystic, Painter, Poet)
| Keywords:
flit, flits, flitting, fright, left brain, owl, The Owl, unbeliever, unbelievers
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