1. The Jonah of London - William Blake
... great or overwhelming for words. How else can the beasts of Hell be but awesome and inexorable creatures of action and boldness, fearless predators that consume and hesitate not, when "the wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God" and "the roaring lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword are portions of eternity too great for the eye of man." But what are raging beasts, mighty ... as they are, compared to supreme God? Blake rises higher still, for Man is God! "All deities reside in the human breast" and ... ...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate