Blake: A Few Notes

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1.  In addition to Blake being on "that fabled list of favourite authors",
there is a mention of him in "The Inverted Forest":   "This man [Ray Ford]
is Coleridge and Blake and Rilke all in one, and more."

2.  A Blake anecdote [can't confirm source; have never read a Blake bio; a
friend told me this]:  Someone brought someone to meet Blake.  After no
answer at the front door, they made their way round to the back.  Sitting in
the garden were Mr. and Mrs. Blake, totally in the buff.  Blake's hello
consisted of, "Welcome to the Garden of Eden."

3.  In 1973, I borrowed The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake from
my University library.  While returning home, on my bicycle, I made the
mistake of attempting to cross a four-lane highway (without a stoplight)
where the freeway fed into said highway.  Once to safety on the other side,
I realized the book had slipped from the bicycle rack, and, yes, soon
Blake--or, more precisely, the book; for somehow I feel Blake will still be
around long after America bids adieu--after several onrushes of packs of
cars, was but a scattering of white pages in the wind.

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