William Blake Quotes, Children Quotes, Spring Quotes

How can the bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing? How can a child, when fears annoy, But droop his tender wing, And forget his youthful spring?

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The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

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Children of the future age Reading this indignant page Know that in a former time Love, sweet love, was thought a crime

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The Woman that does not love your Frowns Will never embrace your smiles.

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I asked a thief to steal me a peach: He turned up his eyes. I asked a lithe lady to lie her down: Holy and meek, she cries. As soon as I went An angel came. He winked at the thief And smiled at the dame- And without one word spoke Had a peach from the tree, And 'twixt earnest and joke Enjoyed the lady.

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

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The strongest poison ever known came from Caesar's laurel crown.

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There is a smile of love, And there is a smile of deceit, And there is a smile of smiles In which these two smiles meet.

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The Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel dined with me, and I asked them how they dared so roundly to assert, that God spoke to them; and whether they did not think at the time, that they would be misunderstood, & so be the cause of imposition. Isaiah answer'd, I saw no God, nor heard any, in a finite organical perception; but my senses discover'd the infinite in every thing, and as I was then persuaded, & remain confirm'd; that the voice of honest indignation is the voice of God, I cared not for consequences but wrote.

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

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The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.

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Auguries of innocence "The emmet's inch and eagle's mile Make lame philosophy to smile. He who doubts from what he sees Will ne'er believe, do what you please.

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Energy is an eternal delight.

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The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity, too great for the eye of man.

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Let the men do their duty & the women will be such wonders; the female life lives from the light of the male: see a man's female dependants, you know the man.

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

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More! More! is the cry of a mistaken soul.

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Poetry, Painting & Music, the three Powers in man of conversing with Paradise, which the flood did not sweep away.

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

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The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule Rather than the Perfections of a Fool.

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