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“For washed in life's river,
My bright mane forever
Shall shine like the gold
As Iguard o'er the fold.”

Night, st. 6
Songs of Innocence (1789–1790)

“What is a Wife & what is a Harlot? What is a Church & What
Is a Theatre? are they Two & not One? can they Exist Separate?
Are not Religion & Politics the Same Thing? Brotherhood is Religion
O Demonstrations of Reason Dividing Families in Cruelty & Pride!”

William Blake

Source: 1800s, Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 3, plate 57

“They suppose that Woman's Love is Sin; in consequence all the Loves & Graces with them are Sin.”

William Blake

1780s, Annotations to Lavater (1788)

“Sing louder around
To the bells' cheerful sound,
While our sports shall be seen
On the ecchoing green.”

William Blake

The Ecchoing Green, st. 1
1780s, Songs of Innocence (1789–1790)

“Acts themselves alone are history, and these are neither the exclusive property of Hume, Gibbon nor Voltaire, Echard, Rapin, Plutarch, nor Herodotus. Tell me the Acts, O historian, and leave me to reason upon them as I please; away with your reasoning and your rubbish. All that is not action is not worth reading.”

William Blake

Blake's Exhibition and Catalogue of 1809, A Descriptive Catalogue of Pictures: Number V. The Ancient Britons
1800s

“A dog starved at his master's gate
Predicts the ruin of the state.”

William Blake

Source: 1800s, Auguries of Innocence (1803), Line 9

“Art can never exist without Naked Beauty displayed.”

William Blake

The Laocoön
1800s

“What is it men in women do require?
The lineaments of gratified desire.
What is it women do in men require?
The lineaments of gratified desire.”

William Blake

No. 4, What Is It
1790s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1791-1792), Several Questions Answered

“And I made a rural pen,
And I stained the water clear,
And I wrote my happy songs
Every child may joy to hear.”

William Blake

Introduction, st. 5
1780s, Songs of Innocence (1789–1790)

“For every thing exists & not one sigh nor smile nor tear,
One hair nor particle of dust, not one can pass away.”

William Blake

Source: 1800s, Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 1, plate 13, line 66 — plate 14, line 1

“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 these dark Satanic mills?

Bring me my Bow of burning gold,
Bring me my Arrows of desire,
Bring me my Spear — O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of fire!

I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green & pleasant land.”

William Blake

Prefatory Poem
1800s, Milton (c. 1809)

“God appears and god is light
To those poor souls who dwell in night
But does a human form display
To those who dwell in realms of day”

William Blake

Source: 1800s, Auguries of Innocence (1803), Line 129

“The Old and New Testaments are the great code of art.”

William Blake

Oldest source found: "The Harvard Advocate" (Vol. 102–103), p. 268
Attributed

“Pity must join together those whom wrath has torn in sunder”

William Blake

Source: 1800s, Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 1, plate 7, lines 62 The Words of Los to his Spectre

“The strongest poison ever known
Came from Caesar's laurel crown.”

William Blake

Source: 1800s, Auguries of Innocence (1803), Line 97

“And there the lion's ruddy eyes
Shall flow with tears of gold,
And pitying the tender cries,
And walking round the fold,
Saying: "Wrath by his meekness,
And by his health, sickness,
Is driven away
From our immortal day."”

William Blake Night

Night, st. 5
1780s, Songs of Innocence (1789–1790)

“Abstinence sows sand all over
The ruddy limbs and flaming hair,
But desire gratified
Plants fruits of life and beauty there.”

William Blake

Abstinence Sows Sand
1790s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1791-1792)

“Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness Which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment.”

William Blake

Book the First, 24:72
1800s, Milton (c. 1809)

“Pity would be no more
If we did not make somebody Poor;
And Mercy no more could be
If all were as happy as we.”

William Blake The Human Abstract

The Human Abstract, st. 1
1790s, Songs of Experience (1794)

“Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau.
Mock on, mock on — 'tis all in vain!
You throw the sand against the wind,
And the wind blows it back again.”

William Blake

Mock On, st. 1
1800s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1804)