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ENGRAVED DESIGNS OF WILLIAM BLAKE
76. Page 86. “ His hand the good man fastens on the skies,
And bids earth roll, nor feels her idle whirl.”
Signed W.B. in. & s. No imprint.
“ The exalted views of a good man beyond the pleasures of life,
allegorically described by a figure in the clouds, with one hand fixed
in the sky, and with the other pointing to the earth beneath him."
77. Page 87. “ O how Omnipotence
Is LOST IN LOVE ! THOU GREAT PHILANTHROPIST ! "
Signed W.B. in. & s. No imprint.
“ Christ represented as the great philanthropist, receiving and
instructing all ages and sexes."
78. Page 88. “ Who halt indeed,
But for the blessing wrestle not with heaven ! "
Signed W.B. in. & s. Same imprint as No. 72.
“ Earnest prayer and intercourse with Heaven compared to the
wrestling of Jacob with the angel for a blessing."
79. Page 90. “ That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul ..."
Signed W.B. in. & s. No imprint.
“ The Saviour healing Affliction by a touch with his hand."
80. Page 92. “ When faith is virtue, reason makes it so. . . ."
Signed W.B. in. & s. No imprint.
“ The harmony between Faith and Reason, illustrated by Faith
writing down the dictates of Reason."
81. Page 93. “ If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight.”
Signed W.B. in. & s. Same imprint as No. 72.
“ Angels retiring in grief and wonder from their charge of a deter-
mined infidel,"
82. Page 95. “ The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame."
Signed W.B. inv. & s. No imprint.
“ A personification of Truth, as she is represented by the Poet,
bursting on the last moments of the sinner, in thunder and in fiame."
[83-94]. Designs to a series of Ballads by William Hayley. 1802.
In a rather pompous and patronizing preface Hayley tells how,
“ to amuse the Artist in his patient labour,” he “ chanced to compose,
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76. Page 86. “ His hand the good man fastens on the skies,
And bids earth roll, nor feels her idle whirl.”
Signed W.B. in. & s. No imprint.
“ The exalted views of a good man beyond the pleasures of life,
allegorically described by a figure in the clouds, with one hand fixed
in the sky, and with the other pointing to the earth beneath him."
77. Page 87. “ O how Omnipotence
Is LOST IN LOVE ! THOU GREAT PHILANTHROPIST ! "
Signed W.B. in. & s. No imprint.
“ Christ represented as the great philanthropist, receiving and
instructing all ages and sexes."
78. Page 88. “ Who halt indeed,
But for the blessing wrestle not with heaven ! "
Signed W.B. in. & s. Same imprint as No. 72.
“ Earnest prayer and intercourse with Heaven compared to the
wrestling of Jacob with the angel for a blessing."
79. Page 90. “ That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul ..."
Signed W.B. in. & s. No imprint.
“ The Saviour healing Affliction by a touch with his hand."
80. Page 92. “ When faith is virtue, reason makes it so. . . ."
Signed W.B. in. & s. No imprint.
“ The harmony between Faith and Reason, illustrated by Faith
writing down the dictates of Reason."
81. Page 93. “ If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight.”
Signed W.B. in. & s. Same imprint as No. 72.
“ Angels retiring in grief and wonder from their charge of a deter-
mined infidel,"
82. Page 95. “ The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame."
Signed W.B. inv. & s. No imprint.
“ A personification of Truth, as she is represented by the Poet,
bursting on the last moments of the sinner, in thunder and in fiame."
[83-94]. Designs to a series of Ballads by William Hayley. 1802.
In a rather pompous and patronizing preface Hayley tells how,
“ to amuse the Artist in his patient labour,” he “ chanced to compose,
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