410 Powerful William Blake Quotes to Inspire You
6. “Like a fiend in a cloud, With howling woe After night I do crowd And with night will go; I turn my back to the east, From whence comforts have increased; For light cloth seize my brain With frantic pain.”
William Blake
Despair, Darkness, Emotional Turmoil, Philosophical Insight, Poetic Imagery, Existential Struggle
23. “Come, come, leave off play, and let us away, Till the morning appears in the skies.” “No, no, let us play, for it is yet day, And we cannot go to sleep; Besides, in the sky the little birds fly, And the hills are all covered with sheep.” “Well, well, go and play till the light fades away, And then go home to bed.” The little ones leaped, and shouted, and laughed, And all the hills echoed.”
William Blake Childhood, Play, Joy, Nature, Poetic Imagery, Philosophical Reflection
26. “Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me: “Pipe a song about a Lamb.” So I piped with merry cheer; “Piper, pipe that song again.” So I piped; he wept to hear.”
William Blake Innocence, Joy, Childhood, Poetic Imagery, Philosophical Reflection, Spiritual Connection
27. “What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride!”
William Blake Identity, Morality, Society, Philosophical Inquiry, Social Critique, Cultural Commentary
