William Blake on Angels
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“Cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from ye door.”
“A tear is an intellectual thing, And a sigh is the Sword of an Angel King.”
“I heard an Angel singing When the day was springing: "Mercy, Pity, and Peace Are the world's release."”
“O white-robed Angel, guide my timorous hand to write as on a lofty rock with iron pen the words of truth, that all who pass may read.”
“It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God alone.”
“The player is a liar when he says : "Angels are happier than men, because they are better." Angels are happier than men and devils, because they are not always prying after good and evil in one another, and eating the tree of knowledge for Satan's gratification.”