William Blake
William Blake
William Blakewas an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic works have been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry led one contemporary art critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". In...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth28 November 1757
Some will say,Is not God alone the Prolific? I answer,God only Acts & Is, in existing beings or Men.
Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwellThere God is dwelling too.
God appears, and God is Light,To those poor souls who dwell in Night,But does a human form displayTo those who dwell in realms of day.
I looked for my soul but my soul I could not see. I looked for my God but my God eluded me. I looked for a friend and then I found all three.
And now the time returns again: / Our souls exult, and London's towers / Receive the Lamb of God to dwell / In England's green and pleasant bowers.
The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God.
The voice of honest indignation is the voice of God.
The fox provides for himself, but God provides for the lion.
Think not thou canst sigh a sigh And thy maker is not by; Think not thou canst weep a tear And thy maker is not near.
The lust of the goat is the bounty of God.
That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians.
The cistern contains: The fountain overflows.
The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.
Why stand we here trembling around, calling on God for help, and not ourselves, in whom God dwells?