“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.”
— William Blake
Auguries of Innocence
The opening of Blake's poem Auguries of Innocence (c. 1803), expressing the Romantic vision of the infinite contained in the smallest particulars.
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