Quotes from Auguries of Innocence

William Blake ·  4 pages

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“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 Blake, quote from Auguries of Innocence


“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 Blake, quote from Auguries of Innocence


“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.
A robin redbreast in a cage
Puts all heaven in a rage.
A dove-house filled with doves and pigeons
Shudders hell through all its regions.”
― William Blake, quote from Auguries of Innocence


“He who replies to words of doubt
doth put the light of knowledge out.”
― William Blake, quote from Auguries of Innocence


“The prince's robes and beggar's rags,
Are toadstools on the miser's bags.
A truth that's told with bad intent,
Beats all the lies you can invent”
― William Blake, quote from Auguries of Innocence



“SOME ARE BORN TO SWEET DELIGHT
SOME ARE BORN TO ENDLESS NIGHT”
― William Blake, quote from Auguries of Innocence


“Kill not the moth nor butterfly,
For the last judgment draweth nigh.”
― William Blake, quote from Auguries of Innocence


About the author

William Blake
Born place: in Golden Square, London, England, The United Kingdom
Born date November 28, 1757
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