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L14.1Flaxman9'00; E710| [To] Mr [John] Flaxman, Buckingham Street,
L14.1Flaxman9'00; E710| Fitzroy Square, London
L14.1Flaxman9'00; E710| Felpham Septr. 21. . 1800 Sunday Morning
L14.1Flaxman9'00; E710| Dear Sculptor of Eternity
L14.1Flaxman9'00; E710| We are safe arrived at our Cottage which is more beautiful
L14.1Flaxman9'00; E710| than I thought it. & more convenient. It is a perfect Model for
L14.1Flaxman9'00; E710| Cottages & I think for Palaces of Magnificence only Enlarging not
L14.1Flaxman9'00; E710| altering its proportions & adding ornaments & not principals.
L14.1Flaxman9'00; E710| Nothing can be more Grand than its Simplicity & Usefulness.
L14.1Flaxman9'00; E710| Simple without Intricacy it seems to be the Spontaneous Effusion
L14.1Flaxman9'00; E710| of Humanity congenial to the wants of Man. No other formed House
L14.1Flaxman9'00; E710| can ever please me so well nor shall I ever be perswaded I
L14.1Flaxman9'00; E710| believe that it can be improved either in Beauty or Use
L14.2Flaxman9'00; E710| Mr Hayley recievd us with his usual brotherly affection. I
L14.2Flaxman9'00; E710| have begun to work. Felpham is a sweet place for Study. because
L14.2Flaxman9'00; E710| it is more Spiritual than London Heaven opens here on all sides
L14.2Flaxman9'00; E710| her golden Gates her windows are not obstructed by
L14.2Flaxman9'00; E710| vapours. . voices of Celestial inhabitants are more distinctly
L14.2Flaxman9'00; E710| heard & their forms more distinctly seen & my Cottage is also a
L14.2Flaxman9'00; E710| Shadow of their houses. My Wife & Sister are both well. courting
L14.2Flaxman9'00; E710| Neptune for an Embrace
L14.3Flaxman9'00; E710| Our journey was very pleasant & tho we had a great deal of
L14.3Flaxman9'00; E710| Luggage. No Grumbling all was Chearfulness & Good Humour on the
L14.3Flaxman9'00; E710| Road & yet we could not arrive at our Cottage before half past
L14.3Flaxman9'00; E710| Eleven at night. owing to the necessary shifting of our Luggage
L14.3Flaxman9'00; E710| from one Chaise to another for we had Seven Different Chaises &
L14.3Flaxman9'00; E710| as many different drivers We s[e]t out between Six & Seven in
L14.3Flaxman9'00; E710| the Morning of Thursday. with Sixteen heavy boxes & portfolios
L14.3Flaxman9'00; E710| full of prints. And Now Begins a New life. because another
L14.3Flaxman9'00; E710| covering of Earth is shaken off. I am more famed in Heaven for
L14.3Flaxman9'00; E710| my works than I could well concieve In my Brain are studies &
L14.3Flaxman9'00; E710| Chambers filld with books & pictures of old which I wrote &
L14.3Flaxman9'00; E710| painted in ages of Eternity. before my mortal life & whose works
L14.3Flaxman9'00; E710| are the delight & Study of Archangels. Why then should I be
L14.3Flaxman9'00; E710| anxious about the riches or fame of mortality. The Lord our
L14.3Flaxman9'00; E710| father will do for us & with us according to his Divine will for
L14.3Flaxman9'00; E710| our Good
L14.4Flaxman9'00; E710| You O Dear Flaxman are a Sublime Archangel My Friend &
L14.4Flaxman9'00; E710| Companion from Eternity in the Divine bosom is our Dwelling place
L14.4Flaxman9'00; E710| I look back into the regions of Reminiscence & behold our ancient
L14.4Flaxman9'00; E710| days before this Earth appeard in its vegetated mortality to my
L14.4Flaxman9'00; E710| mortal vegetated Eyes. I see our houses of Eternity which can
L14.4Flaxman9'00; E710| never be separated tho our Mortal vehicles should stand at the
L14.4Flaxman9'00; E710| remotest corners of heaven from Each other
L14.5Flaxman9'00; E710| Farewell My Best Friend Remember Me & My Wife in Love &
L14.5Flaxman9'00; E710| Friendship to our Dear Mrs Flaxman whom we ardently desire to
L14.5Flaxman9'00; E710| Entertain beneath our thatched roof of rusted gold & believe me
L14.5Flaxman9'00; E710| for ever to remain
L14.5Flaxman9'00; E710| Your Grateful & Affectionate
L14.5Flaxman9'00; E710| WILLIAM BLAKE