Quote #109
Children of the future Age Reading this indignant page, Know that in a former time Love! sweet Love! was thought a crime.
More from William Blake
- In the morning glad I see My foe outstretch'd beneath the tree.
- Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; Terror the human form divine, And Secrecy the human dress.
- I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.
- Tyger! Tyger! burning bright in the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
- My mother groan'd! my father wept. Into the dangerous world I leapt: Helpless, naked, piping loud: Like a fiend hid in a cloud.
- In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire?
- Pity would be no more If we did not make somebody Poor; And Mercy no more could be If all were as happy as we.
- When the stars threw down their spears, And water'd heaven with their tears, Did he smile his work to see? Did he who made the Lamb make th…