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.
W. Blake, from "Auguries of Innocence"
http://suzanavaz.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/live-district-line-south-kensingtonvictoria-5pm/
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Every night and every morn
Some to misery are born.
Every morn and every night
Some are born to sweet delight.
Some are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night.
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http://dps.holtof.com/blake/collected/chap-09.html
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The ancient tradition that the world will be consumed in fire
At the end of 6,000 years is true as I have heard from Hell
The whole creation will be consumed and appear infinite and holy
Where as it now appears finite and corrupt
This will come to pass by an improvement of sensual enjoyment
But the first notion that man has a body distinct from his soul is to be expunged
This I shall do by printing in the infernal method
By corrosives which in Hell are salutary and medicinal
Melting apparent surfaces away and displaying with infinite which is hid」
If the doors of perception were cleansed
Everything would appear to man as it is ...infinite
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http://pixeledena.free.fr/dead/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/427146/The-Marriage-of-Heaven-and-Hell-William-Blake
http://dps.holtof.com/blake/
An Inquiry into Blake's Method of Color Printing:
http://www.ibiblio.org/jsviscom/inquiry/enhanced/index.html
