English poet & painter (1757-1827)
O Rose thou art sick.
The invisible worm,
That flies in the night
In the howling storm:
Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy:
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.
WILLIAM BLAKE
"The Sick Rose", Songs of Experience
Active Evil is better than Passive Good.
WILLIAM BLAKE
Annotations to Lavater
Tell me the Acts, O historian, and leave me to reason upon them as I please; away with your reasoning and your rubbish. All that is not action is not worth reading.
WILLIAM BLAKE
Blake's Exhibition and Catalogue of 1809, A Descriptive Catalogue of Pictures: Number V. The Ancient Britons
They suppose that Woman's Love is Sin; in consequence all the Loves & Graces with them are Sin.
WILLIAM BLAKE
Annotations to Lavater