t in the darkness beyond the stars, where lightand life die away, Og and Anak and the giants that were of old, and theiron throne of Satan. By thus contrasting Blake and Dante by the light of Blakes paradoxicalwisdom, and as though there was no great truth hung from Dantes beam ofthe balance, I but… … BLAKES ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE DIVINE COMEDY 33 of the philosophy of Dante is less living than his poetry; while the truthBlake preached, and sang, and painted, is the root of the cultivated life, of thefragile perfect blossom of the world born in ages of leisure and peace, andnever yet to last more…
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