William Blake Quotes, Sleep Quotes, Fighting Quotes

Jerusalem (1804) And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green And was the holy lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen And did the countenance divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills And was Jerusalem builded here Among those dark Satanic mills Bring me my bow of burning gold Bring me my arrows of desire Bring me my spears o'clouds unfold Bring me my chariot of fire I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand 'Til we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant land

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Demonstration, similitude & harmony are objects of reasoning. Invention, identity & melody are objects of intuition.

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When Sir Joshua Reynolds died All Nature was degraded

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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.

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'Come hither, my boy, tell me what thou seest there?' 'A fool tangled in a religious snare.'

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To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.

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Silent as despairing love, and strong as jealousy.

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The Man who never in his Mind & Thoughts travel'd to Heaven Is No Artist.

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None but blockheads copy each other.

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The vision of Christ that thou dost see Is my vision's greatest enemy.

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Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs the unwilling. And being restrain'd it by degrees becomes passive till it is only the shadow of desire.

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When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!

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Joy and woe are woven fine.

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I rest not from my great task! | To open the Eternal Worlds, | to open the immortal Eyes of Man | Inwards into the Worlds of Thought; | Into eternity, ever expanding | In the Bosom of God, | The Human Imagination

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When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree

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Joys impregnate. Sorrows bring forth.

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Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to be true.

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Tools were made and born were hands, Every farmer understands.

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A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there's more conversation.

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I have mental joys and mental health, Mental friends and mental wealth, I've a wife that I love and that loves me; I've all but riches bodily.

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