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William Blake

William Blake

William Blake (1757–1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker who created his own illuminated books. His collections "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experien…

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"He. Where thou dwellest, in what grove,     Tell me Fair One, tell me Love;     Where thou thy charming nest dost build,     O thou pride of ev"

"What is it men in women do require?     The lineaments of gratified Desire.     What is it women do in men require?     The lineaments of grati"

"Sweet dreams, form a shade     O'er my lovely infant's head!     Sweet dreams of pleasant streams     By happy, silent, moony beams!     Swee"

"I     The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks,     All but the youngest: she in paleness sought the secret air.     To fade awa"

"The sun descending in the west,     The evening star does shine;     The birds are silent in their nest,     And I must seek for mine.     The"

"Once a dream did weave a shade     O'er my angel-guarded bed,     That an emmet lost its way     Where on grass methought I lay.     Troubled"

"O Autumn, laden with fruit, and staind     With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit     Beneath my shady roof; there thou may'st rest,"

"Can I see another's woe,     And not be in sorrow too?     Can I see another's grief,     And not seek for kind relief?     Can I see a falli"

"1.     They named the child Orc, he grew     Fed with milk of Enitharmon 2.     Los awoke her; O sorrow & pain!     A tight'ning girdle grew,"

"I love to rise on a summer morn,     When birds are singing on every tree;     The distant huntsman winds his horn,     And the skylark sings w"

"Youth of delight! come hither     And see the opening morn,     Image of Truth new-born.     Doubt is fled, and clouds of reason,     Dark dis"

"I     The voice ended, they saw his pale visage     Emerge from the darkness; his hand     On the rock of eternity unclasping     The Book of bra"

"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"

"When the voices of children are heard on the green,     And laughing is heard on the hill,     My heart is at rest within my breast,     And ev"

""Father, father, where are you going?     Oh do not walk so fast!     Speak, father, speak to your little boy,     Or else I shall be lost.""

""I die, I die!" the Mother said,     "My children die for lack of bread.     What more has the merciless Tyrant said?"     The Monk sat down on"

""Love seeketh not itself to please,     Nor for itself hath any care,     But for another gives it ease,     And builds a heaven in hell's desp"

"Why was Cupid a boy,         And why a boy was he?     He should have been a girl,         For aught that I can see.     For he shoots with h"

"My mother bore me in the southern wild,     And I am black, but oh my soul is white!     White as an angel is the English child,     But I am b"

"O rose, thou art sick!     The invisible worm,     That flies in the night,     In the howling storm,     Has found out thy bed     Of crims"

"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."

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