This pen-and-ink half-page illustration is centered above the poem’s text, outlined in a thin black border, in portrait orientation. In it, a robed figure stands on a round hill, facing away from the viewer, painting a garland of stars on a floating orb. To the right of the figure is a leafy tree, which stands waist high. The artist’s signature is in the bottom right corner of the frame.

THE DEFINITE.

“To see the 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.”

William Blake.

MLA citation:

Blake, William. “The Definite,” illustrated by W.T. Horton. The Green Sheaf, No. 8, 1903, p. 14. Green Sheaf Digital Edition, edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Yellow Nineties 2.0, Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2022. https://1890s.ca/GSV8-blake-definite/

magazine_texts The Green Sheaf 8 The Definite William Blake 1903 Poetry