Blake Defeated

Famous quotes containing the words blake and/or defeated:

    The Child’s Toys and the Old Man’s Reasons
    Are the Fruits of the Two seasons.
    —William Blake (1757–1827)

    Stoop, angels, hither from the skies!
    There is no holier spot of ground
    Than where defeated valor lies,
    By mourning beauty crowned!
    Henry Timrod (1828–1867)