The Divine Vision: Studies in the Poetry and Art of William Blake, Born November 28th, 1757V. Gollancz, 1957 - 216 pages |
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Page 107
... things are within the life of a single eternal and infinite God - Man , all aspects , forms or images of that body are identical . This is a view of things which can only be ex- pressed poetically , through metaphor . The metaphor , in ...
... things are within the life of a single eternal and infinite God - Man , all aspects , forms or images of that body are identical . This is a view of things which can only be ex- pressed poetically , through metaphor . The metaphor , in ...
Page 108
... things have attained a human instead of a merely natural form . If we ask what the human forms of things are , we have only to look at what man tries to do with them . Man tries to build cities out of stones , and to develop farms and ...
... things have attained a human instead of a merely natural form . If we ask what the human forms of things are , we have only to look at what man tries to do with them . Man tries to build cities out of stones , and to develop farms and ...
Page 176
... things as if floating before his eyes . He said LET THEM BE , and all that he saw became real before him . Then fear struck the frame of Brimha , lest those things should be annihilated . O im- mortal Brimha ! he cried , who shall ...
... things as if floating before his eyes . He said LET THEM BE , and all that he saw became real before him . Then fear struck the frame of Brimha , lest those things should be annihilated . O im- mortal Brimha ! he cried , who shall ...
Contents
Epitaph for William Blake | xv |
William Blake Isaac Watts and Mrs Barbauld | 65 |
Blake and Milton | 89 |
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