Category William Blake

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 And there is a Frown of Hate And there is a Frown of disdain…

The Vision of Christ that thou dost see Is my Vision’s Greatest Enemy. Thine has a great hook nose like thine; Mine has a snub nose like to mine. Thine is the Friend of All Mankind; Mine speaks in Parables…

I rose up at the dawn of day — ‘Get thee away! get thee away! Pray’st thou for Riches? away! away! This is the Throne of Mammon grey.’ Said I: this, sure, is very odd; I took It to be…

The Caverns of the Grave I’ve seen, And these I shew’d to England’s Queen. But now the Caves of Hell I view, Who shall I dare to shew them to? What mighty Soul in Beauty’s form Shall dauntless View the…

‘Now Art has lost its mental Charms France shall subdue the World in Arms.’ So spoke an Angel at my birth; Then said ‘ Descend thou upon earth; Renew the Arts on Britain’s shore, And France shall fall down &…

Since all the Riches of this World May be gifts from the Devil & Earthly Kings, I should suspect that I worship’d the Devil If I thank’d my God for worldly things.

Some people admire the work of a Fool, For it ‘s sure to keep your judgment cool ; It does not reproach you with want of wit ; It is not like a lawyer serving a writ.

Call that the Public Voice which is their Error? Like as a Monkey, peeping in a Mirror, Admires all his colours brown & warm. And never once perceives his ugly form.

If men will act like a maid smiling over a churn, They ought not, when it comes to another’s turn, To grow sour at what a friend may utter, Knowing and feeling that we all have need of Butter. False…

Having given great offence by writing in Prose, I’ll write in Verse as soft as Bartolloze. Some blush at what others can see no crime in; But nobody sees any harm in Rhyming. Dryden, in rhyme, cries 4 Milton only…