William Blake Quotes

When the voices of children are heard on the green, / And laughing is heard on the hill, / My heart is at rest within my breast, / And everything else is still. - William Blake

When the stars threw down their spears, / And watered heaven with their tears, / Did he smile his work to see? / Did he who made the Lamb make thee? - William Blake

When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy. - William Blake

When the doors of perception are cleansed, man will see things as they truly are, infinite. - William Blake

When Sir Joshua Reynolds died / All Nature was degraded; / The King dropped a tear in the Queen's ear, / And all his pictures faded. - William Blake

When nations grow old, the arts grow cold and commerce settles on every tree. - William Blake

When my mother died, I was very young, / And my father sold me while yet my tongue / Could scarcely cry `'weep! 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!' / So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. - William Blake

When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. - William Blake

When I tell any truth it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those who do. - William Blake

When I saw that rage was vain
And to sulk would nothing gain,
Turning many a trick and wile
I began to soothe and smile. - William Blake

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