William Blake Citations
William Blake: Citations en anglais
“The true method of knowledge is experiment.”
All Religions are One (1788)
1780s
Source: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 22
If You Trap the Moment
1790s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1791-1792)
“True superstition is ignorant honesty & this is beloved of god and man.”
1780s, Annotations to Lavater (1788)
The Gray Monk, st. 8
1800s, Poems from the Pickering Manuscript (c. 1805)
Source: 1800s, Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 1, plate 4, lines 18-28 The Words of Jesus to the Giant Albion
Source: 1800s, Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 3, plate 55, line 60
Letter to William Hayley (1803-10-07)
1810s
Source: 1800s, Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 1, plate 27, "To the Jews" 1) lines 9-12
No. 2, The Look of Love
1790s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1791-1792), Several Questions Answered
“He who shall teach the child to doubt
The rotting grave shall ne'er get out.”
Source: 1800s, Auguries of Innocence (1803), Line 87
My Specter, st. 1
1800s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1804)
Introduction, st. 1
1790s, Songs of Experience (1794)
Source: 1800s, Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 4, prefatory poem, plate 77, st. 1
“My Brother starv'd between two Walls,
His Children's Cry my Soul appalls;”
Ibid, stanza 5
1810s, Miscellaneous poems and fragments from the Nonesuch edition
To the Public, plate 3 (the last paragraph)
1800s, Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820)
“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)
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.”
1780s, Annotations to Lavater (1788)
The Ecchoing Green, st. 1
1780s, Songs of Innocence (1789–1790)
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.”
Source: 1800s, Auguries of Innocence (1803), Line 9
No. 4, What Is It
1790s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1791-1792), Several Questions Answered
Introduction, st. 5
1780s, Songs of Innocence (1789–1790)
Source: 1800s, Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 1, plate 13, line 66 — plate 14, line 1
