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God is the poetic genius in each of us.

William Blake

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William Blake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1757
Born: November 28
Died: 1827
Died: August 12
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London
England
W. Blake
Uil'iam Bleik
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The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass and obedient to noblemen's opinions in art and science. If he is, he is a good man. If not, he must be starved.
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In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
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Although wine when it is read somewhat lacks the savour of wine when it is drunk, wine remains a very pleasant thing both to read about and to chat about.
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The grave is Heaven's golden gate, And rich and poor around it wait O Shepherdess of England's fold, Behold this gate of pearl and gold!
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The spirits of the air live on the smells Of fruit and joy, with pinions light, roves round The gardens, or sits singing in the trees.
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On no other ground Can I sow my seed Without tearing up Some stinking weed.
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A tyrant is the worst disease, and the cause of all others.
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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
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Man was made for joy and woe, and when this we rightly know through the world we safely go. Joy and woe are woven fine, a clothing for the soul to bind.
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You throw the sand against the wind and the wind blows it back again.
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The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
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Mysteries are not to be solved. They eye goes blind when it only wants to see why.
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When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree
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How do you know but ev’ry Bird that cuts the airy way, Is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses five?
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For the Eye altering alters all The Senses roll themselves in fear And the flat Earth becomes a Ball.
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A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there's more conversation.
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I must create a system, or be enslav'd by another man's.
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