And I watered it in fears, Night and morning with my tears; And I sunned it with smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles. William Blake More Quotes by William Blake More Quotes From William Blake LOVE'S SECRET Never seek to tell thy love, Love that never told can be; For the gentle wind doth move Silently, invisibly. I told my love, I told my love, I told her all my heart, Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears. Ah! she did depart! Soon after she was gone from me, A traveller came by, Silently, invisibly: He took her with a sigh. William Blake heart wind moving The Man who never in his Mind & Thoughts travel'd to Heaven Is No Artist. William Blake artist men travel Expect poison from the standing water. William Blake rain rivers water He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. William Blake acting desire life 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. William Blake deceit two As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys. William Blake eggs atheist joy The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose. William Blake aggravation vices art In your own bosom you bear your heaven and earth, William Blake shadow imagination heaven It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only. William Blake devil angel men Work up imagination to the state of vision. William Blake vision states imagination Mutual forgiveness of each vice. Such are the Gates of Paradise. William Blake paradise forgiveness vices If you cannot imagine with the mind's eye much more than you can see with the mortal eye, you have a very poor imagination indeed. William Blake eye imagination mind Gratitude is heaven itself; there could be no heaven without gratitude. William Blake gratitude heaven Celebrate your existence! William Blake celebrate existence shining Those who enter the gates of heaven are not beings who have no passions or who have curbed the passions, but those who have cultivated an understanding of them. William Blake passion emotional inspirational One Power alone makes a Poet: Imagination. The Divine Vision. William Blake vision poet imagination Men are admitted into heaven not because they have curbed and governed their passions or have no passions, but because they have cultivated their understandings. The treasures of heaven are not negations of passion, but realities of intellect, from which all the passions emanate uncurbed in their eternal glory. William Blake passion men reality Man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern. William Blake caverns perception men I see the Past, Present & Future existing all at once Before me. William Blake past-present-future past-present past You become what you behold. William Blake recovery addiction inspiration
