"Auguries of Innocence" Quotes
"Auguries of Innocence" by William Blake is a poetic exploration of the coexistence of good and evil, innocence and corruption, within the human experience and the natural world.
poetry | 4 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
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.
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sunrise.
The hours of folly are measured by the clock, but of wisdom no clock can measure.
Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
Every tear from every eye Becomes a babe in eternity.
Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age.
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
The strongest poison ever known Came from Caesar's laurel crown.
The nakedness of woman is the work of God.
