William Blake Auguries of Innocence
Variant: To see a World in a grain of sand,
And a Heaven in a wild flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
And Eternity in an hour.
Source: 1800s, Auguries of Innocence (1803), Line 1
William Blake: Eternity
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“And throughout all eternity
I forgive you, you forgive me.”
My Specter, st. 14
1800s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1804)
The Letters Of William Blake https://archive.org/details/lettersofwilliam002199mbp (1956), p. 74-75 <br class="br">Context: And now let me finish with assuring you that, Tho I have been very unhappy, I am so no longer. I am again. Emerged into the light of day; I still & shall to Eternity Embrace Christianity and Adore him who is the Express image of God; but I have travel'd thro' Perils & Darkness not unlike a Champion. I have Conquer'd, and shall still Go on Conquering. Nothing can withstand the fury of my Course among the Stars of God & in the Abysses of the Accuser. My Enthusiasm is still what it was, only Enlarged and conform'd.
“Eternity is in love with the productions of time.”
William Blake book The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Variant: Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
Source: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 10
No. 1, He Who Binds
1790s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1791-1792), Several Questions Answered
“This world of imagination is the world of eternity.”
A Vision of the Last Judgment
1810s
Book the First, 24:72
1800s, Milton (c. 1809)
“Every tear from every eye
Becomes a babe in eternity.”
Source: 1800s, Auguries of Innocence (1803), Line 67
1810s, The Everlasting Gospel (c. 1818)
Source: 1800s, Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 1, plate 5, lines 16-20 The Words of Blake
The Letters Of William Blake https://archive.org/details/lettersofwilliam002199mbp (1956), p. 50 <br class="br">1790s