Blake

Blake

Blake is a surname or a given name which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory is that it is a corruption of "Ap Lake", meaning "Son of Lake".

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    “For where’er the sun does shine,
    And where’er the rain does fall,
    Babe can never hunger there,
    Nor poverty the mind appall.”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)

    “Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)

    “You smile with pomp & rigor, you talk of benevolence & virtue;
    I act with benevolence & virtue & get murdered time after time.”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)