# William Blake's most famous lines

'To see a World in a Grain of Sand', 'dark Satanic Mills', 'The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom': William Blake's most quoted lines, from his songs, Auguries of Innocence and the Proverbs of Hell, checked on Wikisource.

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## Top 13

1. **To see a world in a grain of sand / And a Heaven in a wild flower** (25 · ▲25 ▼0) — 'Auguries of Innocence' (c. 1803), first lines.
2. **Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand / And Eternity in an hour.** (17 · ▲18 ▼1) — 'Auguries of Innocence' (c. 1803).
3. **Bring me my bow of burning gold: / Bring me my arrows of desire** (13 · ▲15 ▼2) — 'And did those feet in ancient time' (1808).
4. **And did those feet in ancient time** (12 · ▲14 ▼2) — Preface to Milton (1808), the poem known as 'Jerusalem', first line.
5. **In England's green and pleasant land.** (12 · ▲14 ▼2) — 'And did those feet in ancient time' (1808), last line.
6. **Energy is Eternal Delight** (11 · ▲12 ▼1) — The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (c. 1790), 'The Voice of the Devil'.
7. **Little lamb, who made thee? / Dost thou know who made thee?** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — 'The Lamb', Songs of Innocence (1789).
8. **Among those dark Satanic mills?** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — 'And did those feet in ancient time' (1808).
9. **Bring me my chariot of fire.** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — 'And did those feet in ancient time' (1808); it gave the film Chariots of Fire its title.
10. **I was angry with my friend: / I told my wrath, my wrath did end.** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — 'A Poison Tree', Songs of Experience (1794).
11. **The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.** (7 · ▲10 ▼3) — The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Proverbs of Hell.
12. **If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite.** (4 · ▲7 ▼3) — The Marriage of Heaven and Hell; Aldous Huxley took the title The Doors of Perception from it.
13. **Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion.** (-1 · ▲4 ▼5) — The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Proverbs of Hell.

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