Blake
Blake is a surname or a given name which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory is that it is a corruption of "Ap Lake", meaning "Son of Lake".
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“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is,infinite.”
—William Blake (17571827)
“One thought fills immensity.”
—William Blake (17571827)
“How sweet I roamd from field to field
And tasted all the summers pride,
Till I the Prince of Love beheld
Who in the sunny beams did glide!”
—William Blake (17571827)
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