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Tag Archives: William Blake
National Poetry Month: William Blake
What was really fun about compiling all of the quotes for today was I realized how polarizing a poet he really is. Was, and still is. Undeniably important, undeniably in the canon – but after that, everybody disagrees. So here … Continue reading
The First Day Of Spring
Here is a poem about green by one of my favorites – William Blake. I love the line “Such, such were the joys”. sniff. The Echoing Green by William Blake The Sun does arise, And make happy the skies; The … Continue reading
Isaac Newton, by James Gleick
I finished my second book on the “From the Stacks” challenge list. Isaac Newton – by James Gleick. One of the reader reviews on that Amazon page says, “I found myself reading this book as I walked to the busstop … Continue reading
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Commonplace
we are put on earth a little space that we may learn to bear the beams of love. — William Blake
White Cloud
“Think of a white cloud as being holy, you cannot love it, but think of a holy man within the cloud, love springs up in your thoughts, for to think of holiness distinct from man is impossible to the affections. … Continue reading
Honesty
“It is an honesty against which the whole world conspires, because it is unpleasant.” — TS Eliot on William Blake
Eagles and Crows
“I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and the confidence and the risk-seeking profile that you need.” — James Joyce This reminds me of a line from William Blake: “The eagle never lost … Continue reading
Crooked Roads
Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius. — William Blake
Don’t Waste Time
The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow. — William Blake
Quote of the Day
The eagle never lost so much time, as when he submitted to learn of the crow. — William Blake, “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell”