The opening lines from Blake's Auguries of Innocence:
To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.
Ah to be able to write verse like that, even if I have to spend one day on 10 lines a la Virgil... Don't know why I feel so drawn to these four lines. Sense of calmness and transcendence? Bugger it, don't need to justify everything I like and dislike! Used it as my msn name for a while - dear Mr Walker, don't care how pretentious it seems, you're just biased against Blake! JJ said he really liked it so showed him the entire poem; apparently his mum really likes it too...
New blog for every new beginning? Seems ridiculous, my lack of continuity in everything I do. The last time I stayed more than 2 years in a single place was primary school! Have a feeling that university's not going to be any different, especially if I'm taking my 3rd year off to work. Oh well, bonne chance to this!
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