Las Ruinas del Tiempo

[To] William Hayley Esq^re, Eartham,
Near Chichester, Sussex
Lambeth May 6 1800.
Dear Sir
I am very sorry for your immense loss, which is a repetition of what all feel in this valley of misery & happiness mixed--I send the Shadow of the departed Angel. hope the likeness is improved. The lip I have again lessened as you advised & done a good many other softenings to the whole--I know that our deceased friends are more really with us than when they were apparent to our mortal part. Thirteen years ago. I lost a brother & with his spirit I converse daily & hourly in the Spirit. & See him in my remembrance in the regions of my Imagination. I hear his advice & even now write from his Dictate--Forgive me for expressing to you my Enthusiasm which I wish all to partake of Since it is to me a Source of Immortal Joy even in this world by it I am the companion of Angels. May you continue to be so more & more & to be more & more perswaded that every Mortal loss is an Immortal Gain. The Ruins of Time builds Mansions in Eternity.--I have also sent A Proof of Pericles for your Remarks thanking you for the kindness with which you Express them & feeling heartily your Grief with a brothers Sympathy .
I remain Dear Sir Your humble Servant
WILLIAM BLAKE

Carta 9 de William Blake, increíble cómo deja caer algo tan hermoso como la idea de que "Las Ruinas del Tiempo construyen Mansiones en la Eternidad" en una simple carta a un corrector de sus grabados.