Nabuchodonosor, William Blake

Nebuchadnezzar II, also Nabuchdonosor, king of Babylon c. 605 BC – c. 562 BC, was the longest-reigning and most powerful monarch of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

From Nabuchodonosor's inscriptions and from the number of temples erected or restored by this prince we gather that he was a very devout man. What we know of his history shows him to have been of a humane disposition, in striking contrast with the wanton cruelty of most of the iron-souled Assyrian rulers.

William Blake was born on 28 November 1757 at 28 Broad Street (now Broadwick St.) in Soho, London. He was the third of seven children,^[14][15] two of whom died in infancy. Blake's father, James, was a hosier.^[15] He attended school only long enough to learn reading and writing, leaving at the age of ten, and was otherwise educated at home by his mother Catherine Blake (née Wright).^[16] Even though the Blakes were English Dissenters,^[17] William was baptised on 11 December at St James's Church, Piccadilly, London.^[18] The Bible was an early and profound influence on Blake, and remained a source of inspiration throughout his life.