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Thought For the Day: To See A World In A Grain of Sand, and A Heaven In A Wild Flower, Hold Infinity In the Palm of Your Hand, And Eternity In An Hour
“To see a world in a grain of sandAnd a heaven in a wild flower,Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,And eternity in an hour.” – William Blake
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Thought For the Day: One Law For the Lion, and Ox Is Oppression
“One law for the lion and ox is oppression.” – William Blake, poet, engraver, and painter (28 Nov 1757-1827)
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Thought For the Day: If the Doors of Perception Were Cleansed Everything Would Appear To Man As It Is, Infinite
“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” -William Blake, poet, engraver, and painter (28 Nov 1757-1827)
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Tagged Appear, Cleanse, Doors, If, Infinite, Mankind, Perception, Poetry and Poems, William Blake
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Dr. Seuss With No Excuse
Two weeks in aka Day 14 of Na/GloPoWriMo 2020 and the challenge prompt today is: “to think about your own inspirations and forebears (whether literary or otherwise). Specifically, I challenge you today to write a poem that deals with the … Continue reading
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Poetry of William Blake
Born on November 28, 1757, William Blake spent his life as a poet, painter and printmaker before passing on August 12, 1827. Blake has long been considered a seminal figure in the history of modern English poetry and in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Harvard Classics, Individualism, Literature, Litographs, Poetry, Romantic Period, Spiritual, William Blake
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Thought For the Day: Wisdom Frames Knowledge Into Being Useful
“Wisdom is the central form which gives meaning and position to all the facts which are acquired by knowledge, the digestion and assimilation of whatever in the material world the man comes in contact with.” – Northrop Frye, in Fearful Symmetry: … Continue reading
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Tagged Assimilation, Contact, Facts, In Fearful Symmetry, Knowledge, Material, Meaning, Northrop Frye, Position, William Blake, Wisdom
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