ROMANTISM
See töö jäi
lõpetamata. 1826. aastal valmisid tema illustratsioonid Iiobi raamatule.
Kuigi Blake'i tööde originaalsus ja intuitiivsus kuulutasid ette kunsti edasist arengut, oli ta
liiga individualistlik, et tal oleks sel ajal järgijaid olnud.
William Blake
Auguries of Innosence
To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
A robin redbreast in a cage
Puts all heaven in a rage.
A dovehouse fill'd with doves and pigeons
Shudders hell thro' all its regions.
A dog starv'd at his master's gate
Predicts the ruin of the state.
A horse misused upon the road
Calls to heaven for human blood.
Each outcry of the hunted hare
A fibre from the brain does tear.
A skylark wounded in the wing,
A cherubim does cease to sing.
The gamecock clipt and arm'd for fight
Does the rising sun affright