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 William Black's Life



William Blake was born on the 28th November,1757, was second son of James Blake. He was basically English and was too much familiar with his father. He saw God when he was 4 years old, angels in 8, in youth kings and in old age other visions. Though he was lack of formal education but he was great spiritual learner. Later in his Life, he learnt Hebrew and Greek, at the end of his life Italian. He wrote his first poem when he was 12 years old. Anyone hardly saw him without book or brush. Besides all this he was eager supporter of French revolution . In those days, he met Stedman ,who was a powerful champion of the cause of the slaves, by him Blake knew about inhuman treatment with slave. In 1832 , Blake was at the verge of want, but was helped out by friends. He told about spiritual reality and eternal reality.
"To Blake, science represented the bones of the human body, reasons the bones clothed in flesh, imagination the living form and vision, the human form divine".  He died in the year 1827.

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