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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Edwards, Richard, active 1796–1797
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Young, Edward, 1683–1765
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1797
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Young's Night Thoughts
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The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the First. On Life, Death and Immortality; Title Page
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Christian Triumph; Title Page
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Its favours here are trials, not rewards' (Page 12)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Second. On Time, Death, and Friendship; Title Page (Page 17)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead' (Page 19)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings' (Page 24)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Behold him, when past by; what then is seen' (Page 25)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'O treacherous conscience! while she seems to sleep" (Page 27)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Draw the dire steel? – ah no! – the dreadful blessing' (Page 73)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist' (Page 87)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul' (Page 90)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'But for the blessing wrestle not with heaven' (Page 88)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'When faith is virtue, reason makes it so' (Page 92)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame' (Page 95)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight' (Page 93)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Oft bursts my song beyond the bounds of life' (Page 16)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Measuring his motions by revolving spheres' (Page 26)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours' (Page 31)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe' (Page 1)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'One radiant mark, – the death-bed of the just' (Page 41)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl' (Page 57)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells' (Page 80)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'His hand the good man fastens on the skies' (Page 86)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine' (Page 8)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Disease invades the chastest temperence' (Page 10)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Love, and love only, is the loan for love' (Page 37)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Angels should paint it, angels ever there' (Page 40)
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Third. Narcissa; Title Page
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale' (Page 54)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering shades' (Page 55)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace' (Page 63)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all' (Page 70)
1797