At the round earth's imagined corners blow Your trumpets, angels, and arise, arise From death, you numberless infinities Of souls, and to your scattered bodies go ;All whom the flood did, and fire shall o'erthrow, All whom war, dea[r]th, age, agues, tyrannies, Despair, law, chance hath slain, and you, whose eyes Shall behold God, and never taste death's woe. But let them sleep, Lord, and me mourn a space ;For, if above all these my sins abound, ' Tis late to ask abundance of Thy grace, When we are there. Here on this lowly ground, Teach me how to repent, for that's as good As if Thou hadst seal'd my pardon with Thy blood. John Donne
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In this quote, William Blake is giving a very profound and deep insight on life. He says that even though we are the most sinful of the people on this earth, we still have a chance of being saved from death. He also states that if we have been saved from death, it is as if we have been pardoned by God Himself, so it is pointless to repent for anything else after that. In other words, why bother to repent for something you have already been pardoned for? And what better way to show God how much you love him than to give him your life? This quote is a very deep and meaningful look into life and its true meaning.

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