William Blake Quotes on Sadness

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  1. :some say that Happiness is not Good for Mortals & they ought to be answerd that Sorrow is not fit for Immortals & is utterly useless to any one a blight never does good to a tree & if a blight kill not a tree but it still bear fruit let none say that the fruit was in consequence of the blight.

  2. Can I see another's woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, And not seek for kind relief?

  3. The busy bee has no time for sorrow.

  4. Sleep, sleep, beauty bright, Dreaming o'er the joys of night. Sleep, sleep: in thy sleep Little sorrows sit and weep.

  5. For a tear is an intellectual thing, And a sigh is the sword of an Angel King, And the bitter groan of the martyr's woe Is an arrow from the Almighty's bow.

  6. Man was made for joy and woe, And when this we rightly know Through the world we safely go.

  7. Every tear from every eye Becomes a babe in eternity.

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