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Poetry · 1790

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

William Blake

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Poetry · 1790 · English · Romantic

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

William Blake

Proverbs of Hell and a diabolical reading of Milton.

ProphecyAphorismVisionEnergyRebellion

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'Energy is Eternal Delight' — Blake's inversion of moral categories is the Romantic manifesto in its most compressed form.

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