Abstract
O CENTRAL IS the theme of restored spiritual beatitude to the cosmic vision of both William Blake and Dante Alighieri that it is surprising that little attempt has been made to compare their conceptions of Eternity and Paradise.' This essay will be such an attempt. Although Blake read the Divine Comedy and designed numerous illustrations for Dante's poem shortly before his death, his recorded statements do little to suggest that the two poets have much in common. Blake is reported by Henry Crabb Robinson, one of his contemporaries, as believing that Dante was inspired by the Holy Ghost and lives now with God,2 but most of his other remarks about the Italian poet indicate only antipathy.3 The illustrations themselves also make it clear
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