Quotes by William Blake
William Blake was a poet, painter and engraver who printed his own illuminated books, including Songs of Innocence (1789) and Songs of Experience (1794). He earned little in his lifetime and was largely unrecognised until the 19th century.
I was angry with my friend: / I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
O rose, thou art sick! / The invisible worm, / That flies in the night, / In the howling storm,
Piping down the valleys wild, / Piping songs of pleasant glee, / On a cloud I saw a child, / And he laughing said to me:
Tyger Tyger, burning bright, / In the forests of the night;