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> [Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/tyger-tyger-burning-bright-in-the-forests-of-the-night-what-immortal/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/744/william-blake-397_burning_tyger-tyger-burning-bright-in-the-forest_877763.jpg)

> [“And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/and-did-those-feet-in-ancient-time-walk-upon-england-s-mountains-2/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74d/william-blake-397_ancient_and-did-those-feet-in-ancient-time-walk_2467921.jpg)

> [Why a tender curb upon the youthful burning boy? Why a little curtain of flesh on the bed of our desire?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/why-a-tender-curb-upon-the-youthful-burning-boy-why-a-little-curtain/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76f/william-blake-397_bed_why-a-tender-curb-upon-the-youthful-burn_2690550.jpg)

> [Bring me my bow of burning gold: Bring me my arrows of desire: Bring me my spear: O clouds, unfold! Bring me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/bring-me-my-bow-of-burning-gold-bring-me-my-arrows-of-desire-bring-me/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

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## Other authors on Burning

## More by William Blake

> [Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/poetry-fettered-fetters-the-human-race-nations-are-destroyed-or/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [Where any view of money exists, art cannot be carried on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/where-any-view-of-money-exists-art-cannot-be-carried-on/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [God only acts and is, in existing beings or men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/god-only-acts-and-is-in-existing-beings-or-men/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [Kill not the moth nor butterfly, For the Last Judgement draweth nigh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/kill-not-the-moth-nor-butterfly-for-the-last-judgement-draweth-nigh/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [The world of imagination is the world of eternity. It is the divine bosom into which we shall all go after death of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/the-world-of-imagination-is-the-world-of-eternity-it-is-the-divine/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/imagination-is-the-real-and-eternal-world-of-which-this-vegetable/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [Painters are noted for being dissipated and wild.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/painters-are-noted-for-being-dissipated-and-wild/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness Which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/time-is-the-mercy-of-eternity-without-time-s-swiftness-which-is-the/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/the-difference-between-a-bad-artist-and-a-good-one-is-the-bad-artist/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [Cruelty has a human heart, and jealousy a human face. Terror, the human form divine, And secrecy, the human dress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/cruelty-has-a-human-heart-and-jealousy-a-human-face-terror-the-human/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [A dead body revenges not injuries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/a-dead-body-revenges-not-injuries/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/those-who-restrain-desire-do-so-because-theirs-is-weak-enough-to-be/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [To generalize is to be an idiot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/to-generalize-is-to-be-an-idiot/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [THE POISON TREE I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe; I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/the-poison-tree-i-was-angry-with-my-friend-i-told-my-wrath-my-wrath/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [The bird a nest the spider a web the human friendship](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/the-bird-a-nest-the-spider-a-web-the-human-friendship/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

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