There is a smile of love,
And there is a smile of deceit,
And there is a smile of smiles
In which these two smiles meet.

William Blake

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Topic

Smiling Yin and yang

Author

William Blake

Source

Poems from the Pickering Manuscript

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1805 1800s 19th century

Occupation

Artist Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Blake, William. "The Smile." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Smile." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

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He who binds to himself a joy
Does the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity's sunrise.

William Blake

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Topic
Letting go

Author

William Blake
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1792 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Blake, William. Poem written in his notebook. c. 1792.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Eternity." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

Another quote from the 1800s

If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.

Thomas Jefferson

First Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson

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Topic
Power of truth Political liberalism
Speaker
Thomas Jefferson
Source
First Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson Presidential inaugural address
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1801 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1801, Senate Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Another quote about Yin and yang

There's not a string attuned to mirth
But has its chord in melancholy.

Thomas Hood

Ode to Melancholy

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Topic
Yin and yang Melancholy

Author

Thomas Hood
Source
Ode to Melancholy
Language
English
Time
1827 1820s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hood, Thomas. "Ode to Melancholy." The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur and Other Poems. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green/Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1827.

Current Citation

Hood, Thomas. "Ode to Melancholy." Selected Poems of Thomas Hood. Harvard University Press, 1970.