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Quotes from Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion — William Blake

1757–1827 England

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For every thing exists & not one sigh nor smile nor tear,
One hair nor particle of dust, not one can pass away.

Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (1803)

It is easier to forgive an Enemy than to forgive a Friend.

Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (1803)

I must Create a System, or be enslav'd by another Man's;
I will not Reason and Compare: my business is to Create.

Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (1803)

Poetry Fetter'd. Fetters the Human Race. Nations are Destroy'd, or Flourish, in proportion as Their Poetry, Painting, and Music are Destroy'd or Flourish!

Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (1803)

Pity must join together those whom wrath has torn in sunder

Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (1803)

I am not a God afar off, I am a brother and friend;
Within your bosoms I reside, and you reside in me:
Lo! we are One; forgiving all Evil; Not seeking recompense!

Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (1803)

Every Thing has its Vermin O Spectre of the Sleeping Dead!

Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (1803)

England! awake! awake! awake!
Jerusalem thy sister calls!
Why wilt thou sleep the sleep of death
And close her from thy ancient walls?

Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (1803)

He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars;
General good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer:
For art and science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.

Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (1803)

They have divided themselves by Wrath. they must be united by
Pity

Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (1803)

Half Friendship is the bitterest Enmity...

Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (1803)

O Saviour pour upon me thy Spirit of meekness & love:
Annihilate the Selfhood in me, be thou all my life!
Guide thou my hand which trembles exceedingly upon the rock of ages

Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (1803)

The fields from Islington to Marybone,
To Primrose Hill and Saint John's Wood:
Were builded over with pillars of gold,
And there Jerusalems pillars stood.

Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (1803)

Attribution

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