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Complete Poetry and Prose-William Blake www.GetPedia.com *More than 150,000 articles in the search database *Learn how almost everything works The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake All Religions are One For the Sexes: The Annotations to: There is No Natural Gates of Paradise Lavater's Aphorisms Religion [a] On Homers Poetry on Man There is No Natural On Virgil Swedenborg's Heaven Religion [b] The Ghost of Abel and Hell The Book of Thel [Laocoön] Swedenborg's Divine Songs of Innocence and Tiriel Love and Divine Wisdom of Experience (Index) The French Revolution Swedenborg's Divine For Children: The Gates The Four Zoas Providence of Paradise Vala Night the First An Apology for the The Marriage of Vala Night the Bible by R. Watson Heaven and Hell [Second] Bacon's Essays Moral, Visions of the Vala Night the Economical and Political Daughters of Albion Third Boyd's Historical America a Prophecy Vala Night the Notes on Dante Europe a Prophecy Fourth The Works of Sir The Song of Los Vala Night the Fifth Joshua Reynolds The [First] Book of Vala Night the Sixth Spurzheim's Urizen Vala Night the Observations on Insanity The Book of Ahania Seventh Berkeley's Siris The Book of Los Vala Night the Wordsworth's Poems Milton: a Poem in 2 Eighth Wordsworth's Preface Books Vala Night the to The Excursion Jerusalem: The Ninth Being The Last Thorton's The Lord's Emanation of The Giant Judgment Prayer, Newly Translated Albion Poetical Sketches Cellini(?) frontispiece [An Island in the Moon] Young's Night To the Public [Songs and Ballads] Thoughts Chap: 1 [plates4-27] (Index) [Inscriptions and Notes On To the Jews [The Pickering or For Pictures] "The fields from Manuscript] (Index) [Miscellaneous Prose] Islington to Marybone [Satiric Verses and [The Letters] (Index) Chap: 2 [plates Epigrams] 28-50] The Everlasting Gospel To the Deists [Blake's Exhibition and "I saw a Monk of Catalogue of 1809] Charlemaine" [Descriptions of the Chap 3 [plates Last Judgment] 53-75] [Blake's Chaucer: To the Christians Prospectuses] "I stood among my [Public Address] valleys of the south" "England! awake! . ." C[hap] 4 [plates 78-99] Title; E1| ALL RELIGIONS are ONE t2 AROepigraph; E1| The Voice of one crying in the Wilderness ARO; E1| The Argument As the true method of knowledge is experiment AROargmuent; E1| the true faculty of knowing must be the faculty which AROargument; E1| experiences. This faculty I treat of. ARO; E1| PRINCIPLE 1st That the Poetic Genius is the true Man. and that AROprin1; E1| the body or outward form of Man is derived from the Poetic AROprin1; E1| Genius. Likewise that the forms of all things are derived from AROprin1; E1| their Genius. which by the Ancients was call'd an Angel & Spirit AROpriin1; E1| & Demon. ARO; E1| PRINCIPLE 2d As all men are alike in outward form, So (and AROprin2; E1| with the same infinite variety) all are alike in the Poetic AROprin2; E1| Genius ARO; E1| PRINCIPLE 3d No man can think write or speak from his heart, AROprin3; E1| but he must intend truth. Thus all sects of Philosophy are from AROprin3; E1| the Poetic Genius adapted to the weaknesses of every AROprin3; E1| individual ARO; E1| PRINCIPLE 4. As none by traveling over known lands can find out AROprin4; E1| the unknown. So from already acquired knowledge Man could not AROprin4; E1| acquire more. therefore an universal Poetic Genius exists ARO; E1| PRINCIPLE. 5. The Religions of all Nations are derived from AROprin5; E1| each Nations different reception of the Poetic Genius which is AROprin5; E1| every where call'd the Spirit of Prophecy. ARO; E1| PRINCIPLE 6 The Jewish & Christian Testaments are An original AROprin6; E1| derivation from the Poetic Genius. this is necessary from the AROprin6; E1| confined nature of bodily sensation ARO; E2| PRINCIPLE 7th As all men are alike (tho' infinitely various) So AROprin7; E2| all Religions & as all similars have one source AROprin7; E2| The true Man is the source he being the Poetic Genius Title; E2| THERE is NO NATURAL RELIGION NNRcolophon; E2| The Author & Printer W Blake ED; E2| [a] NNRa; E2| The Argument Man has no notion of moral fitness but from NNRaArg; E2| Education. Naturally he is only a natural organ subject to NNRaArg; E2| Sense. NNRa; E2| I Man cannot naturally Percieve, but through his natural or NNRaI; E2| bodily organs NNRa; E2| II Man by his reasoning power. can only compare & judge of NNRaI; E2| what he has already perciev'd. NNRa; E2| III From a perception of only 3 senses or 3 elements none NNRaIII; E2| could deduce a fourth or fifth NNRa; E2| IV None could have other than natural or organic thoughts if NNRaIV; E2| he had none but organic perceptions NNRa; E2| V Mans desires are limited by his perceptions. none can desire NNRaV; E2| what he has not perciev'd NNRa; E2| VI The desires & perceptions of man untaught by any thing but NNRaVI; E2| organs of sense, must be limited to objects of sense. Title; E2| THERE is NO NATURAL RELIGION ED; E2| [b] NNRb; E2| I Mans perceptions are not bounded by organs of perception. he NNRbI; E2| percieves more than sense (tho' ever so acute) can discover. NNRb; E2| II Reason or the ratio of all we have already known. is not NNRbII; E2| the same that it shall be when we know more. NNRb; E2| [III lacking] NNRb; E2| IV The bounded is loathed by its possessor. The same dull NNRbIV; E2| round even of a univer[s]e would soon become a mill with NNRbIV; E2| complicated wheels. NNRb; E2| V If the many become the same as the few, when possess'd, NNRbV; E2| More! More! is the cry of a mistaken soul, less than All cannot NNRbV; E2| satisfy Man. NNRb; E2| VI If any could desire what he is incapable of possessing, NNRbVI; E2| despair must be his eternal lot. NNRb; E3| VII The desire of Man being Infinite the possession is Infinite NNRbVII; E3| & himself Infinite NNRb; E3| Conclusion, If it were not for the Poetic or Prophetic NNRbConc.; E3| character. the Philosophic & Experimental would soon be at the NNRbConc.; E3| ratio of all things & stand still, unable to do other than repeat NNRbConc.; E3| the same dull round over again NNRb; E3| Application. He who sees the Infinite in all things sees NNRbApp.; E3| God. He who sees the Ratio only sees himself only. NNRb; E3| Therefore God becomes as we are, that we may be as he is Title; E3| THE BOOK of THEL t3 Thelcolophon; E3| The Author & Printer Willm Blake, 1789. Thelmotto; E3| THEL'S Motto, Thelmotto1; E3| Does the Eagle know what is in the pit? Thelmotto2; E3| Or wilt thou go ask the Mole: Thelmotto3; E3| Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod? Thelmotto4; E3| Or Love in a golden bowl? Title; E3| THEL Thelchap; E3| I Thel1.1; E3| The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks. t4 Thel1.2; E3| All but the youngest; she in paleness sought the secret air. Thel1.3; E3| To fade away like morning beauty from her mortal day: Thel1.4; E3| Down by the river of Adona her soft voice is heard: Thel1.5; E3| And thus her gentle lamentation falls like morning dew. Thel1.6; E3| O life of this our spring! why fades the lotus of the water? Thel1.7; E3| Why fade these children of the spring? born but to smile & fall. Thel1.8; E3| Ah! Thel is like a watry bow. and like a parting cloud. Thel1.9; E3| Like a reflection in a glass. like shadows in the water. Thel1.10; E3| Like dreams of infants. like a smile upon an infants face, Thel1.11; E3| Like the doves voice, like transient day, like music in the air; Thel1.12; E3| Ah! gentle may I lay me down, and gentle rest my head. Thel1.13; E3| And gentle sleep the sleep of death. and gentle hear the voice t5 Thel1.14; E3| Of him that walketh in the garden in the evening time. Thel1.15; E4| The Lilly of the valley breathing in the humble grass Thel1.16; E4| Answer'd the lovely maid and said; I am a watry weed, Thel1.17; E4| And I am very small, and love to dwell in lowly vales; Thel1.18; E4| So weak, the gilded butterfly scarce perches on my head. Thel1.19; E4| Yet I am visited from heaven and he that smiles on all. Thel1.20; E4| Walks in the valley. and each morn over me spreads his hand Thel1.21; E4| Saying, rejoice thou humble grass, thou new-born lilly flower, Thel1.22; E4| Thou gentle maid of silent valleys. and of modest brooks; Thel1.23; E4| For thou shalt be clothed in light, and fed with morning manna: Thel1.24; E4| Till summers heat melts thee beside the fountains and the springs Thel1.25; E4| To flourish in eternal vales: then why should Thel complain, Thel2.1; E4| Why should the mistress of the vales of Har, utter a sigh. Thel2.2; E4| She ceasd & smild in tears, then sat down in her silver shrine. Thel2.3; E4| Thel answerd. O thou little virgin of the peaceful valley. Thel2.4; E4| Giving to those that cannot crave, the voiceless, the o'ertired. t6 Thel2.5; E4| Thy breath doth nourish the innocent lamb, he smells thy milky garments, Thel2.6; E4| He crops thy flowers. while thou sittest smiling in his face, Thel2.7; E4| Wiping his mild and meekin mouth from all contagious taints.
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