Life of William Blake: With Selections from His Poems and Other Writings, Volume 2Macmillan and Company, 1880 |
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... flames from their large nostrils ! Thou , O Summer ! Oft pitched'st here thy golden tent , and oft Beneath our oaks hast slept , while we beheld With joy thy ruddy limbs and flourishing hair . Beneath our thickest shades we oft have ...
... flames from their large nostrils ! Thou , O Summer ! Oft pitched'st here thy golden tent , and oft Beneath our oaks hast slept , while we beheld With joy thy ruddy limbs and flourishing hair . Beneath our thickest shades we oft have ...
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... flame of fierce war upon The thronged enemy . In truth , I am too full ; It is my sin to love the noise of war . Chandos , thou seest my weakness ; for strong Nature Will bend or break us . My blood like a spring - tide Does rise so ...
... flame of fierce war upon The thronged enemy . In truth , I am too full ; It is my sin to love the noise of war . Chandos , thou seest my weakness ; for strong Nature Will bend or break us . My blood like a spring - tide Does rise so ...
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... The savage monsters rush like roaring fire , Like as a forest roars with crackling flames , When the red lightning borne by furious storms Lights on some woody shore , and the parch'd heavens 24 SELECTIONS FROM BLAKE'S WRITINGS .
... The savage monsters rush like roaring fire , Like as a forest roars with crackling flames , When the red lightning borne by furious storms Lights on some woody shore , and the parch'd heavens 24 SELECTIONS FROM BLAKE'S WRITINGS .
Page 56
... , From his eyes of flame , Ruby tears there came ; While the lioness Loos'd her slender dress , And naked they conveyed To caves the sleeping maid . THE LITTLE GIRL FOUND . ALL the night in woe 56 SELECTIONS FROM BLAKE'S WRITINGS .
... , From his eyes of flame , Ruby tears there came ; While the lioness Loos'd her slender dress , And naked they conveyed To caves the sleeping maid . THE LITTLE GIRL FOUND . ALL the night in woe 56 SELECTIONS FROM BLAKE'S WRITINGS .
Page 100
... smile ! a threefold smile Filled me that like a flame I burned ; I bent to kiss the lovely maid , And found a threefold kiss returned . I strove to seize the inmost form With ardour fierce 100 SELECTIONS FROM BLAKE'S WRITINGS .
... smile ! a threefold smile Filled me that like a flame I burned ; I bent to kiss the lovely maid , And found a threefold kiss returned . I strove to seize the inmost form With ardour fierce 100 SELECTIONS FROM BLAKE'S WRITINGS .
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Abel Act directs March Adam Adam and Eve ancient angels Artist babe beauty beneath Blake N3 Fountain bright Butts called character Chaucer child Christ cloud colour Colour-printed Correggio dark Death delight divine dost doth drawing earth echoing green engraved eternal execution eyes father fear female figure flame Fountain Court Strand Giulio Romano golden grave hand head heaven Henry Baillie holy human Human Abstract imagination Indian ink infant invention labour Lamb Last Judgment light Linnell Lyca Michael Angelo morning mortal mother N3 Fountain Court naked never night NUMBER o'er painter painting picture Pity poem Rembrandt represent round Rubens Satan seen serpent shine sleep smile song Songs of Experience sorrow soul Spirit stands sweet tears Tempera thee Thel things thou Titian tree Virgin vision water-colour weep Wife of Bath William Blake woman youth