Life of William Blake: With Selections from His Poems and Other Writings, Volume 2Macmillan and Company, 1880 |
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Page 95
... has become a man : And then he's so pierced with cares And wounded with arrowy smarts , That the whole business of his life Is to pick out the heads of the darts . THE WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY . 6 ( Extracted from IDEAS OF GOOD AND EVIL .
... has become a man : And then he's so pierced with cares And wounded with arrowy smarts , That the whole business of his life Is to pick out the heads of the darts . THE WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY . 6 ( Extracted from IDEAS OF GOOD AND EVIL .
Page 109
... whole nation sell and buy ; The poor man's farthing is worth more Than all the gold on Afric's shore . The whore and gambler , by the state Licensed , build that nation's fate ; The harlot's cry from street to street Shall weave old ...
... whole nation sell and buy ; The poor man's farthing is worth more Than all the gold on Afric's shore . The whore and gambler , by the state Licensed , build that nation's fate ; The harlot's cry from street to street Shall weave old ...
Page 130
... whole life is an epigram - smack , smooth , and nobly penn'd , Plaited quite neat to catch applause , with a strong noose at the end . XI . To forgive enemies Hayley does pretend , Who never in his life forgave a friend . XII . You say ...
... whole life is an epigram - smack , smooth , and nobly penn'd , Plaited quite neat to catch applause , with a strong noose at the end . XI . To forgive enemies Hayley does pretend , Who never in his life forgave a friend . XII . You say ...
Page 133
... whole fortune On a smear or a squall to destroy picture or tune : And I call upon Colonel Wardle To give these rascals a dose of caudle . All pictures that's painted with sense or with thought Are painted by madmen , as sure as a groat ...
... whole fortune On a smear or a squall to destroy picture or tune : And I call upon Colonel Wardle To give these rascals a dose of caudle . All pictures that's painted with sense or with thought Are painted by madmen , as sure as a groat ...
Page 143
... whole - length portrait on horseback , as written by Chaucer , cannot be surpassed . He has spent his life in the field , has ever been a conqueror , and is that species of character which in every age stands as the guardian of man ...
... whole - length portrait on horseback , as written by Chaucer , cannot be surpassed . He has spent his life in the field , has ever been a conqueror , and is that species of character which in every age stands as the guardian of man ...
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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