Published: March 23, 2017
To see a world in a grain of sand - text in concrete.
And heaven in a wildflower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.

From William Blake's "Auguries of Innocence,"

Thinking about infinity is the heart of calculus.

 

"To see a world in a grain of sand,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And heaven in a wildflower,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And eternity in an hour."

 

 

 

The full poem:

Auguries of Innocence

BY WILLIAM BLAKE

Source: Poets of the English Language (Viking Press, 1950)