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“A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
He whose face gives no light shall never become a star.”

Source: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Lines 8–9

“Turn away no more;
Why wilt thou turn away?
The starry floor,
The watery shore
Is given thee till the break of day.”

Introduction, st. 4
1790s, Songs of Experience (1794)

“SUCH VISIONS HAVE APPEARD TO ME
AS I MY ORDERD RACE HAVE RUN
JERUSALEM IS NAMED LIBERTY
AMONG THE SONS OF ALBION”

Source: 1800s, Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 1, plate 26, lines 1-4

“Terror in the house does roar,
But Pity stands before the door.”

Terror in the House
1800s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1804)

“Every tear from every eye
Becomes a babe in eternity.”

Source: 1800s, Auguries of Innocence (1803), Line 67

“All wholesome food is caught without a net or a trap.”

Source: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 13

“When a Man has Married a Wife
He finds out whether
Her Knees & elbows are only
glued together.”

Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1800–1803)
1800s