{"product_id":"grain-of-sand-blake-heretics-t-shirt","title":"Grain of Sand — Blake Heretics T-Shirt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“To see a World in a Grain of Sand \/ And a Heaven in a Wild Flower \/ Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand \/ And Eternity in an hour”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— William Blake, “Auguries of Innocence,” c. 1803. From the Pickering Manuscript; first published 1863.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Blake wrote “Auguries of Innocence” around 1803. It opens with the four lines everyone quotes, then runs on for 128 more — couplets of moral paradox that almost never travel with the opening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poem is 132 lines; this quatrain is the part that survived on its own. It compresses a single argument — that scale is a matter of attention, that the very small and the very large can be the same thing seen from different distances. There’s no punctuation in the manuscript, so the four images run straight into one another. It survives in a single manuscript and didn’t reach print until 1863, decades after his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe quote runs on the back — all four lines, no punctuation, the capitalized nouns (World, Grain, Sand, Heaven, Wild Flower, Infinity, Eternity) carrying the weight Blake gave them, with the attribution beneath. The front is clean; the statement rides behind you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso on the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/grain-of-sand-blake-heretics-mug\"\u003eGrain of Sand Mug\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/grain-of-sand-blake-journal\"\u003eGrain of Sand Journal\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/grain-of-sand-blake-heretics-tumbler\"\u003eGrain of Sand Tumbler\u003c\/a\u003e. More Blake: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/soar-high-blake-heretics-t-shirt\"\u003eSoar High Tee\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/soar-high-blake-literary-mug\"\u003eSoar High Mug\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/soar-high-blake-heretics-journal\"\u003eSoar High Journal\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Tee\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100% combed and ring-spun cotton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFabric weight: 4.2 oz\/yd² (142 g\/m²)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRetail fit, true to size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSide-seamed construction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMachine washable, cold water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuoteiac logo on the left sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It’s For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe person who finds the infinite in the specific — who stops on a walk for something most people step over, who knows the size of a thing has nothing to do with its significance. The reader who already knew this and has been waiting for someone to say it on a shirt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEverything you need is in the grain. Wear that.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWilliam Blake, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLived 1757–1827, in and around London — and never left England\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrained as an engraver; printed and illustrated his own illuminated books by hand, crediting the technique to a vision of his late brother, Robert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWrote “Auguries of Innocence” around 1803; it survives in a single manuscript and didn’t reach print until 1863\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne of the foundational figures of Romantic poetry; later read closely by writers from T. S. 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