...surpass In heauty that bright shape of vital stone Which drew the heart out of Pygmalion." ******* •" I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward creation, and that for me it is hindrance, and not action. Wliat, it will be questioned, mken, tlie sun rises, do you...

...not till then, truth, or eternity, will appear. It is burned up the moment men cease to behold it. I assert, for myself, that I do not behold the outward creation ; and that to me it is hinderance, and not action. ' What ! ' it will be questioned : ' when the sun rises, do you not see...

...with tender grace, and both of the most imaginative sort. They show what Blake meant when he said, " I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward...'What!' it will be questioned, ' when the sun rises, do yon not see a round disk of fire somewhat like a guinea? ' Oh! no, no! I see an innumerable company...

...appear to him infinitely more perfect and more minutely organized, than anything seen by his mortal eye I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward creation, and that to me it would be a hindrance, and not action. I question not my corporeal eye any more than I would question...

...he had often said before : " My beloved, they are not mine ; no, they are not mine." He had written: "I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward creation, and that it is hindrance, not action ! ' What ! ' it will be questioned, ' when the sun rises, do you not see...

...confessedly seem to be, viz., visions transferred to the canvass or the plate. He was a thorough idealist : "I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward...questioned ; 'when the sun rises, do you not see a disc of fire somewhat like a guinea?' ' Oh, no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host...

...be joined ; neither ought anyone to attempt it, for it is idolatry, and destroys the soul.' .... ' I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward...questioned, " when the sun rises, do you not see a disc of fire, somewhat like a guinea ? " Oh, no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly...

...appear to him infinitely more perfect and more minutely organized, than anything seen by his mortal eye I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward creation, and that to me it would be a hindrance, and not action. I question not my corporeal eye any more than I would question...

...they had no effect, for it was in the main truly that in his maturest years, he was able to write, " I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward...creation, and that to me it is hindrance and not action." Where other people saw the sun rise — a round disc like a guinea — Blake saw " an innumerable company...

...to him infinitely more perfect and more minutely organized than anything seen by his mortal eye. ... I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward creation, and that to me it would be a hindrance, and not action. I question not my corporeal eye any more than I would question...