“What the hammer? What the Chains?In what furnace was thy brain?Where the anvil? What dread grasp?Dare its deadly terrors clasp?”

William Blake

Explore This Quote Further

Quote by William Blake: “What the hammer? What the Chains?In what furnace… - Image 1

Similar quotes

“Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?”


“Cruelty has a human heart,And Jealousy a human face;Terror the human form divine,And Secresy the human dress.The human dress is forged iron,The human form a fiery forge,The human face a furnace sealed,The human heart its hungry gorge.- "A DIVINE IMAGE”


“You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”


“The emmet's inch and eagle's mileMake lame philosophy to smile.He who doubts from what he seesWill ne'er believe, do what you please.- "Auguries of Innocence”


“What is now proved was once only imagined.”


“In a wife I would desire / What in whores is always found / The lineaments of gratified desire.”