William Blake, His Philosophy and SymbolsPeter Smith, 1958 - 487 pages |
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Page 48
... entirely Blake's own . We must confess that a line sometimes needs re - reading , to get the right cadence ; but this cadence is often truly admirable , always interesting , and never a mistake . The very opening lines challenge one ...
... entirely Blake's own . We must confess that a line sometimes needs re - reading , to get the right cadence ; but this cadence is often truly admirable , always interesting , and never a mistake . The very opening lines challenge one ...
Page 205
... entirely automatically . But Blake continues to tell how he considered this or that metre , finally selecting an irregular line as the most expressive . Now it is obvious that one cannot take from dictation and at the same time figure ...
... entirely automatically . But Blake continues to tell how he considered this or that metre , finally selecting an irregular line as the most expressive . Now it is obvious that one cannot take from dictation and at the same time figure ...
Page 214
... entirely worthless to us.2 Blake never again tried to make woodcuts . In 1796 Blake was commissioned to illustrate Young's Night Thoughts . He sat down to work with one of his usual bursts of inspiration and com . pleted five hundred ...
... entirely worthless to us.2 Blake never again tried to make woodcuts . In 1796 Blake was commissioned to illustrate Young's Night Thoughts . He sat down to work with one of his usual bursts of inspiration and com . pleted five hundred ...
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Ahania Angel appears become Beulah Bible Blake body Book Book of Los Book of Urizen Bromion Chapter clouds Commentary copy Creation Daughters of Albion death descends Divine doctrine earth Emanation engraved Enion Enitharmon error Eternity evil Experience eyes Fall false Felpham Female fire flames flesh Four Zoas Gates Hayley Heaven and Hell human illustrations Imagination Inspiration Jakob Böhme Jerusalem Jesus Last Judgment Line Luvah Marriage of Heaven material Milton Moon mystical Nature never Night nude Oothoon Palamabron Paradise passage Passion philosophy Plate poem Poet Poetic poetry Prophetic Rahab Reason religion repeated represents Revolution Rintrah Satan seems Selfhood sense serpent Shadow sleep Songs of Experience Songs of Innocence sons soul Space Spectre spirit stanza stars Swedenborg symbol Tharmas Thel Theotormon things thou thought Tiriel Tree truth Urizen Urthona Vala verse vision William Blake woman wrath wrote