When the stars threw down their spears
And water'd heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

William Blake

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Topic

Creation of the world Stars

Author

William Blake

Source

The Tyger

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1794 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Artist Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Blake, William. "The Tyger." Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. London, 1794.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Tyger." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

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If you trap the moment before it's ripe,
The tears of repentance you'll certainly wipe;
But if once you let the ripe moment go
You can never wipe off the tears of woe.

William Blake

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Topic
Missed opportunities Timing

Author

William Blake
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1792 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Blake, William. Poem written in his notebook. c. 1792.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "If you trap the moment before its ripe." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

Another quote from the 1790s

Come forth into the light of things,
Let Nature be your teacher.

William Wordsworth

The Table Turned

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Topic
Learning from nature

Author

William Wordsworth
Source
The Table Turned
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1798 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Wordsworth, William. "The Tables turned; an Evening Scene, on the same subject." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, I. 15.

Current Citation

Wordsworth, William. "The Tables Turned." William Wordsworth: The Major Works: including The Prelude, edited by Stephen Gill. Oxford University Press, 2008, I. 15.

Another quote of the following type Question

What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem?

Tertullian

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Topic
Athens and Jerusalem Athens Jerusalem Philosophy Religion

Author

Tertullian
Source
On the Prescription of Heretics
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Question
Language
Latin
Time
220 220s 3rd century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

Tertullian. De Praescriptione Haereticorum [On the Prescription of Heretics]. c. 1892, ch. 7.