Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness Which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment. William Blake More Quotes by William Blake More Quotes From William Blake A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all heaven in a rage. William Blake humanity animal heaven The human mind cannot go beyond the gift of God, the Holy Ghost. To suppose that art can go beyond the finest specimens of art that are now in the world is not knowing what art is; it is being blind to the gifts of the spirit. William Blake gifts-of-the-spirit knowing art Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white. William Blake artist bible night You smile with pomp and rigor, you talk of benevolence and virtue; I act with benevolence and virtue and get murdered time after time. William Blake virtue feelings religion Thinking as I do that the Creator of this world is a very cruel being, and being a worshipper of Christ, I cannot help saying: ''the Son, O how unlike the Father!'' First God Almighty comes with a thump on the head. Then Jesus Christ comes with a balm to heal it. William Blake father son jesus Let every Christian, as much as in him lies, engage himself openly and publicly, before all the World, in some mental pursuit for the Building up of Jerusalem. William Blake building-up christian lying Thou art a man God is no more Thy own humanity Learn to adore William Blake humanity men art Embraces are comminglings from the head even to the feet, And not a pompous high priest entering by a secret place. William Blake secret-places feet love 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. William Blake males women light 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 William Blake fighting dark sleep None but blockheads copy each other. William Blake philosophy history art Sooner strangle an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires. William Blake criminal-mind nurse desire He who loves his enemies betrays his friends; this surely is not what Jesus meant. William Blake betrayal enemy jesus O thou who passest through our valleys in Thy strength, curb thy fierce steeds, allay the heat That flames from their large nostrils! Thou, O Summer, Oft pitchest here thy golden tent, and oft Beneath our oaks hast slept, while we beheld With joy thy ruddy limbs and flourishing hair. William Blake flames summer hair Energy is the only life, and is from the body; and reason is the bound or outward circumference of energy. Energy is eternal delight. William Blake delight body energy 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. William Blake riches wife joy 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 tears morning night On no other ground William Blake seeds weed Reason, or the ratio of all we have already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more. William Blake ratios atheism statistics But most thro' midnight streets I hear William Blake abuse tears children
