William Blake

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Lived: 1757 – 1827
Era: Romantic era
Place: London, England

Poet-artist of Songs of Innocence and Experience; visionary London craftsman of imagination.

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Without contraries is no progression.
— William BlakeGrowth
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.
— William BlakeHope
And we are put on earth a little space, that we may learn to bear the beams of love.
— William BlakeGrowth
For Mercy has a human heart; Pity, a human face; and Love, the human form divine; and Peace, the human dress.
— William BlakeGratitude
And all must love the human form, in heathen, Turk, or Jew; where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.
— William BlakeSpiritual
Can I see another’s woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another’s grief, And not seek for kind relief?
— William BlakeGratitude