Famous quotes containing the words blake and/or songs:
“My silks and fine array,
My smiles and languishd air,
By Love are drivn away;
And mournful lean Despair
Brings me yew to deck my grave:
Such end true lovers have.”
—William Blake (17571827)
“And our sovreign sole Creator
Lives eternal in the sky,
While we mortals yield to nature,
Bloom awhile, then fade and die.”
—Unknown. Hail ye sighing sons of sorrow, l. 13-16, Social and Campmeeting Songs (1828)