Vala, or The Four Zoas

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Wisdom is sold in the desolate market where none come to purchase.

William Blake

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Topic

Lack of wisdom Wisdom

Author

William Blake

Source

Vala, or The Four Zoas

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1827 1820s 19th century

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Original Citation

Blake, William and Edwin John Ellis and William Butler Yeats. "Vala, or The Four Zoas." The Works of William Blake: Poetic, Symbolic and Critical. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1893, night 2.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Four Zoas: Vala Night the Second." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press, 2008.