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Quotes from Auguries of Innocence — William Blake

1757–1827 England

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A truth that's told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent.

Auguries of Innocence (1803)

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.

Auguries of Innocence (1803)

A robin redbreast in a cage
Puts all Heaven in a rage.

Auguries of Innocence (1803)

He who shall hurt the little wren
Shall never be beloved by men.

Auguries of Innocence (1803)

Every tear from every eye
Becomes a babe in eternity.

Auguries of Innocence (1803)

He who shall teach the child to doubt
The rotting grave shall ne'er get out.

Auguries of Innocence (1803)

A dog starved at his master's gate
Predicts the ruin of the state.

Auguries of Innocence (1803)

God appears and god is light
To those poor souls who dwell in night
But does a human form display
To those who dwell in realms of day

Auguries of Innocence (1803)

The harlot's cry from street to street
Shall weave old England's winding sheet.

Auguries of Innocence (1803)

He who doubts from what he sees
Will ne'er believe, do what you please.
If the sun and moon should doubt
They'd immediately go out.

Auguries of Innocence (1803)

Man was made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know
Through the world we safely go.
Joy and woe are woven fine,
A clothing for the soul divine.

Auguries of Innocence (1803)

If the Sun and Moon should doubt,
They'd immediately go out.

Auguries of Innocence (1803)

Every night, and every morn,
Some to misery are born.
Every morn, and every night,
Some are born to sweet delight.
Some are born to sweet delight.
Some are born to endless night.

Auguries of Innocence (1803)

The strongest poison ever known
Came from Caesar's laurel crown.

Auguries of Innocence (1803)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Blake (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.