William Blake Citations
William Blake: Citations en anglais
“The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow.”
Source: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 39
“O Rose thou art sick.
The invisible worm,
That flies in the night
In the howling storm:”
The Sick Rose, plate 39.
Source: Songs of Experience (1794)
Contexte: p>O Rose thou art sick.
The invisible worm,
That flies in the night
In the howling storm:Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy:
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.</p
“I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.”
Attributed to William Blake by Michael J. Gelb in Creativity on Demand: How to Ignite and Sustain the Fire of Genius https://books.google.nl/books?id=lCsNBQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Creativity+on+Demand:+How+to+Ignite+and+Sustain+the+Fire+of+Genius%22&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjolMyvm6TLAhVDLQ8KHechDoIQ6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q=%22I%20myself%20do%20nothing.%20The%20Holy%20Spirit%20accomplishes%20all%20through%20me%22&f=false (2014), but cannot be retrieved in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, xxii.
Attributed
“Without contraries there is no progression.”
Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
St. 5
1790s, The Tyger (1794)
Source: Songs of Innocence and of Experience
1790s, Letter to Revd. Dr. Trusler (1799)
“Dip him in the river who loves water.”
Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“He who replies to words of doubt
doth put the light of knowledge out.”
Source: Auguries of Innocence
“The weak in courage is strong in cunning.”
Source: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 49
“thus men forgot that all deities reside in the human breast.”
Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 71
Contexte: The ancient poets animated all objects with Gods or Geniuses, calling them by the names and adorning them with the properties of woods, rivers, mountains, lakes, cities, nations, and whatever their enlarged & numerous senses could perceive. And particularly they studied the genius of each city & country, placing it under its mental deity; Till a system was formed, which some took advantage of, & enslav'd the vulgar by attempting to realize or abstract the mental deities from their objects: thus began priesthood; Choosing forms of worship from poetic tales. And at length they pronounc'd that the Gods had order'd such things. Thus men forgot that all deities reside in the human breast.
“The busy bee has no time for sorrow.”
Source: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 11
“When nations grow old, the Arts grow cold,
And Commerce settles on every tree.”
On Art And Artists (1800) 'On the Foundation of the Royal Academy'
“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.”
Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
America, A Prophecy.
1800s
Source: America: A Prophecy/Europe: A Prophecy: Facsimile Reproductions of Two Illuminated Books
