 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 274 pages
...of Hell will give an idea of the strangeness and often deep snggestiveness of these writings : — Excess of sorrow laughs. Excess of joy weeps. The...of eternity too great for the eye of man. The fox coniLmns the trap, not himself. Joys impregnate. Sorrows bring forth. Let man wear the fell of the... | |
 | William Blake - English poetry - 1885 - 302 pages
...idea from himself, criticises Mr. Stotbard's work in these extracts. — ]. S. PROVERBS. IN seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. Drive your...destructive sword are portions of eternity too great for the The fox condemns the trap, not himself. Joys impregnate, sorrows bring forth. Let man wear the fell... | |
 | William Blake - English poetry - 1893 - 324 pages
...God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. • The nakedness of woman is the work of God, • Excess of sorrow laughs, excess of joy weeps. The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the racing of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword are portions of eternity too great for the eye... | |
 | Popular culture - 1932 - 1028 pages
...the end Randolph Bourne — like the Tolstoy of War and Peace, like the Blake who said, "Fire and the sword are portions of eternity too great for the eye of man" — was largely convinced that the great movements of history, wars and migrations, are acts of God,... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - English poetry - 1903 - 360 pages
...Divine '54 Hierarchies ? Blake has said that ' the At roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, On-Avon. the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive...portions of Eternity, too great for the eye of man,' but Blake belonged by right to the ages of Faith, and thought the State of less moment than the Divine... | |
 | William Blake - 1906 - 596 pages
...bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God. Excess of sorrow laughs. Excess of joy weeps. The...great for the eye of man. The fox condemns the trap, nut himself. Joys impregnate. Sorrows bring forth. Let ni;m wear the fell of the lion, woman the fleece... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - Criticism - 1914 - 262 pages
...for the better and many things for the worse greater in the Divine Hierarchies ? Blake has said that 'the roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the...portions of Eternity, too great for the eye of man,' but Blake belonged by right 107 Ideas of to the ages of Faith, and thought the State Good and of less... | |
 | William Blake - 1914 - 554 pages
...bounty of God. / The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of G}>d. Excess of sorrow laughs. Excess of joy weeps. The roaring of lions, the how ling of wolves, the raging of the stormy : sea, and the destructive sword are portions of eternity... | |
 | Charles Gardner - Literature, Modern - 1916 - 250 pages
...glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging...eye of man. The fox condemns the trap not himself. The rat, the mouse, the fox, the rabbit watch the roots; the lion, the tiger, the horse, the elephant... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - Irish literature - 1919 - 240 pages
...with it, do we show ourselves its master, and have minds clear enough for strength. The raging fire and the destructive sword are portions of eternity, too great for the eye of man, wrote Blake, and it is only before such things, before a love like that of Tristan and Iseult, before... | |
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The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity too great for the eye of man. 
