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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“No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.”
—William Blake (17571827)
“Sound the Flute!
Now its mute.
Birds delight
Day and Night;”
—William Blake (17571827)
“Prisons are built with stones of law, brothels with bricks of religion.”
—William Blake (17571827)
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