Quotations by William Blake

WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827), ENGLISH ENGRAVER, ARTIST, MYSTIC AND A SEMINAL POETIC FIGURE OF THE 19TH CENTURY ROMANTIC MOVEMENT. “Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?” ~ William Blake, The Tyger “To see a World in...

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Quotations by John Keats

JOHN KEATS (1795-1821) WAS A MAJOR ENGLISH POET OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know” ~ John Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn  “Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;” ~...

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Quotations by Jane Austen

JANE AUSTEN (1775-1817) IS A LEADING 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH NOVELIST. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” ~ Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice “A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love,...

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