William Blake's most famous lines
The top 3 according to 182 votes from people: 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. · Bring me my bow of burning gold: / Bring me my arrows of desire. (Updated Apr 16, 2022.)
'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.
Top 13
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To see a world in a grain of sand / And a Heaven in a wild flower
'Auguries of Innocence' (c. 1803), first lines.
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Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand / And Eternity in an hour.
'Auguries of Innocence' (c. 1803).
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Bring me my bow of burning gold: / Bring me my arrows of desire
'And did those feet in ancient time' (1808).
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And did those feet in ancient time
Preface to Milton (1808), the poem known as 'Jerusalem', first line.
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In England's green and pleasant land.
'And did those feet in ancient time' (1808), last line.
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Energy is Eternal Delight
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (c. 1790), 'The Voice of the Devil'.
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Little lamb, who made thee? / Dost thou know who made thee?
'The Lamb', Songs of Innocence (1789).
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Among those dark Satanic mills?
'And did those feet in ancient time' (1808).
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Bring me my chariot of fire.
'And did those feet in ancient time' (1808); it gave the film Chariots of Fire its title.
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I was angry with my friend: / I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
'A Poison Tree', Songs of Experience (1794).
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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Proverbs of Hell.
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If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite.
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell; Aldous Huxley took the title The Doors of Perception from it.
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Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion.
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Proverbs of Hell.
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