The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

‘The Everlasting Gospel’ (c.1818) (e) l. 7
I am sure this Jesus will not do
Either for Englishman or Jew.
‘The Everlasting Gospel’ (c.1818) (f) l. 1
Did Jesus teach doubt or did he
Give any lessons of philosophy
Charge visionaries with deceiving
Or call men wise for not believing.
‘The Everlasting Gospel’ (c.1818) (h) l. 1
Mutual Forgiveness of each vice,
Such are the Gates of Paradise.
‘For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise’ ‘Mutual Forgiveness of each Vice’ [prologue]
Truly, my Satan, thou art but a dunce,
And dost not know the garment from the man;
Every harlot was a virgin once,
Nor can’st thou ever change Kate into Nan.
Tho’ thou art worshipped by the names divine
Of Jesus and Jehovah, thou art still
The Son of Morn in weary Night’s decline,
The lost traveller’s dream under the hill.
‘For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise’ ‘To the Accuser who is The God of This World’ [epilogue]
I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man’s.
I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.
‘Jerusalem’ (1815) ‘Chapter 1’ (plate 10, l. 20)
Near mournful
Ever weeping Paddington.
‘Jerusalem’ (1815) ‘Chapter 1’ (plate 12, l. 27)
The fields from Islington to Marybone,
To Primrose Hill and Saint John’s Wood
Were builded over with pillars of gold;
And there Jerusalem’s pillars stood.
‘Jerusalem’ (1815) ‘To the Jews’ (plate 27, l. 1) “The fields from Islington to Marybone”
Pancras and Kentish-town repose
Among her golden pillars high
Among her golden arches which
Shine upon the starry sky.
‘Jerusalem’ (1815) ‘To the Jews’ (plate 27, l. 9) “The fields from Islington to Marybone”
For a tear is an intellectual thing;
And a sigh is the sword of an Angel King
And the bitter groan of the martyr’s woe