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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“And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these dark Satanic Mills?”
—William Blake (17571827)
“The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of ainstruction.”
—William Blake (17571827)
“I wander thro each charterd street,
Near where the charterd Thames does flow,
And mark in every face I meet
Marks of weakness, marks of woe.”
—William Blake (17571827)
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