He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. ✨ 'The Marriage of He…

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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. ✨ 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' (1790-3) 'Proverbs of Hell'
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Ah, sunflower, weary of time, Who countest the steps of the sun, Seeking after that sweet golden clime Where the traveller's journey is done; Where the youth pined away with desire And the pale virgi … ▶
I heard an Angel singing; When the day was springing, Mercy, Pity, Peace; Is the world's release. ✨ William Blake (2000). The Selected Poems of William Blake, p.96, Wordsworth Editions
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