If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would … - William Blake

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If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.

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William Blake (November 28 1757 – August 12 1827) was an English poet, Christian mystic, painter, printmaker, and engraver.

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Alternative Names: W. Blake • Uil'iam Bleik • Blake

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If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is - infinite.

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite.

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John Milton Lord Byron William Shakespeare Samuel Taylor Coleridge Percy Bysshe Shelley

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