HomeHome
Title; E300| THE FOUR ZOAS t403
FZ3-heading; E326| PAGE 37 VALAFZ3-heading; E326| Night the Third t626
FZ3-37.1; E326| Now sat the King of Light on high upon his starry throne
FZ3-37.2; E326| And bright Ahania bow'd herself before his splendid feet
FZ3-37.3; E326| O Urizen look on Me. like a mournful stream t627
FZ3-37.4; E326| I Embrace round thy knees & wet My bright hair with my tears: t628
FZ3-37.5; E326| Why sighs my Lord! are not the morning stars thy obedient Sons
FZ3-37.6; E326| Do they not bow their bright heads at thy voice? at thy command
FZ3-37.7; E326| Do they not fly into their stations & return their light to thee
FZ3-37.8; E326| The immortal Atmospheres are thine, there thou art seen in glory
FZ3-37.9; E326| Surrounded by the ever changing Daughters of the Light
FZ3-37.10; E326| Why wilt thou look upon futurity darkning present joy t629
FZ3-37.11; E326| She ceas'd the Prince his light obscurd & the splendors of his crown
FZ3-38.1; E326| Infolded in thick clouds, from whence his mighty voice burst forth
FZ3-38.2; E326| O bright [Ahania] a Boy is born of the dark Ocean t630
FZ3-38.3; E326| Whom Urizen doth serve, with Light replenishing his darkness
FZ3-38.4; E326| I am set here a King of trouble commanded here to serve
FZ3-38.5; E326| And do my ministry to those who eat of my wide table
FZ3-38.6; E326| All this is mine yet I must serve & that Prophetic boy
FZ3-38.7; E326| Must grow up to command his Prince but hear my determind Decree t631
FZ3-38.8; E326| Vala shall become a Worm in Enitharmons Womb t632
FZ3-38.9; E326| Laying her seed upon the fibres soon to issue forth
FZ3-38.10; E326| And Luvah in the loins of Los a dark & furious death
FZ3-38.11; E326| Alas for me! what will become of me at that dread time?
FZ3-38.12; E326| Ahania bow'd her head & wept seven days before the King
FZ3-38.13; E326| And on the eighth day when his clouds unfolded from his throne
FZ3-38.14; E326| She rais'd her bright head sweet perfumd & thus with heavenly voice
FZ3-38.15; E326| O Prince the Eternal One hath set thee leader of his hosts t633
FZ3-39.1; E326| Leave all futurity to him Resume thy fields of Light t634
FZ3-39.2; E326| Why didst thou listen to the voice of Luvah that dread morn
FZ3-39.3; E326| To give the immortal steeds of light to his deceitful hands
FZ3-39.4; E326| No longer now obedient to thy will thou art compell'd
FZ3-39.5; E326| To forge the curbs of iron & brass to build the iron mangers t635
FZ3-39.6; E326| To feed them with intoxication from the wine presses of Luvah
FZ3-39.7; E327| Till the Divine Vision & Fruition is quite obliterated
FZ3-39.8; E327| They call thy lions to the fields of blood, they rowze thy tygers
FZ3-39.9; E327| Out of the halls of justice, till these dens thy wisdom framd
FZ3-39.10; E327| Golden & beautiful but O how unlike those sweet fields of bliss
FZ3-39.11; E327| Where liberty was justice & eternal science was mercy
FZ3-3912; E327| Then O my dear lord listen to Ahania, listen to the vision
FZ3-39.13; E327| The vision of Ahania in the slumbers of Urizen
FZ3-39.14; E327| When Urizen slept in the porch & the Ancient Man was smitten t636
FZ3-39.15; E327| The Darkning Man walkd on the steps of fire before his halls t637
FZ3-39.16; E327| And Vala walkd with him in dreams of soft deluding slumber
FZ3-39.17; E327| He looked up & saw thee Prince of Light thy splendor faded t638
FZ3-39.18; E327| But saw not Los nor Enitharmon for Luvah hid them in shadow t639
FZ3-40.1; E327| In a soft cloud Outstretch'd across, & Luvah dwelt in the cloud t640
FZ3-40.2; E327| Then Man ascended mourning into the splendors of his palace t641
FZ3-40.3; E327| Above him rose a Shadow from his wearied intellect t642
FZ3-40.4; E327| Of living gold, pure, perfect, holy; in white linen pure he hover'd
FZ3-40.5; E327| A sweet entrancing self delusion, a watry vision of Man
FZ3-40.6; E327| Soft exulting in existence all the Man absorbing
FZ3-40.7; E327| Man fell upon his face prostrate before the watry shadow
FZ3-40.8; E327| Saying O Lord whence is this change thou knowest I am nothing
FZ3-40.9; E327| And Vala trembled & coverd her face, & her locks. were spread on the pavement
FZ3-40.10; E327| I heard astonishd at the Vision & my heart trembled within me t643
FZ3-40.11; E327| I heard the voice of the Slumberous Man & thus he spoke t644
FZ3-40.12; E327| Idolatrous to his own Shadow words of Eternity uttering t645
FZ3-40.13; E327| O I am nothing when I enter into judgment with thee
FZ3-40.14; E327| If thou withdraw thy breath I die & vanish into Hades
FZ3-40.15; E327| If thou dost lay thine hand upon me behold I am silent
FZ3-40.16; E327| If thou withhold thine hand I perish like a fallen leaf
FZ3-40.17; E327| O I am nothing & to nothing must return again
FZ3-40.18; E327| If thou withdraw thy breath, behold I am oblivion
FZ3-40.19; E327| He ceasd: the shadowy voice was silent; but the cloud hoverd over their heads
ED; E327| [--For the late insertion of the name "Albion" on this page, see textual notes.--]
FZ3-41.1; E327| In olden wreathes, the sorrow of Man & the balmy drops fell down
FZ3-41.2; E327| And Lo that Son of Man, that shadowy Spirit of the Fallen One t646
FZ3-41.3; E327| Luvah, descended from the cloud; In terror Albion rose-
FZ3-41.4; E327| Indignant rose the Awful Man & turnd his back on Vala t647
FZ3-41.5; E327| Why roll thy clouds in sick'ning mists. I can no longer hide t648
FZ3-41.6; E327| The dismal vision of mine Eyes, O love & life & light! t649
FZ3-41.7; E327| Prophetic dreads urge me to speak. futurity is before me
FZ3-41.8; E328| Like a dark lamp. Eternal death haunts all my expectation
FZ3-41.9; E328| Rent from Eternal Brotherhood we die & are no more
FZ3-41.10; E328| I heard the Voice of Albion starting from his sleep t650
FZ3-41.11; E328| "Whence is this voice crying Enion that soundeth in my ears
FZ3-41.12; E328| O cruel pity! O dark deceit! can Love seek for dominion t651
FZ3-41.13; E328| And Luvah strove to gain dominion over the mighty Albion t652
FZ3-41.14; E328| They strove together above the Body where Vala was inclos'd
FZ3-41.15; E328| And the dark Body of Albion left prostrate upon the crystal pavement t653
FZ3-41.16; E328| Coverd with boils from head to foot. the terrible smitings of Luvah
FZ3-41.17; E328| Then frownd the Fallen Man & put forth Luvah from his presence t654
FZ3-41.18; E328| (I heard him: frown not Urizen: but listen to my Vision)
FZ3-42.1; E328| Saying, Go & die the Death of Man for Vala the sweet wanderer
FZ3-42.2; E328| I will turn the volutions of your Ears outward; & bend your Nostrils
FZ3-42.3; E328| Downward; & your fluxile Eyes englob'd, roll round in fear
FZ3-42.4; E328| Your withring Lips & Tongue shrink up into a narrow circle
FZ3-42.5; E328| Till into narrow forms you creep. Go take your fiery way
FZ3-42.6; E328| And learn what 'tis to absorb the Man you Spirits of Pity & Love
FZ3-42.7; E328| O Urizen why art thou pale at the visions of Ahania t656
FZ3-42.8; E328| Listen to her who loves thee lest we also are driven away.
FZ3-42.9; E328| They heard the Voice & fled swift as the winters setting sun t657
FZ3-42.10; E328| And now the Human Blood foamd high, I saw that Luvah & Vala t658
FZ3-42.11; E328| Went down the Human Heart where Paradise & its joys abounded t659
FZ3-42.12; E328| In jealous fears in fury & rage, & flames roll'd round their fervid feet
FZ3-42.13; E328| And the vast form of Nature like a Serpent play'd before them
FZ3-42.14; E328| And as they went in folding fires & thunders of the deep
FZ3-42.15; E328| Vala shrunk in like the dark sea that leaves its slimy banks
FZ3-42.16; E328| And from her bosom Luvah fell far as the east & west
FZ3-42.17; E328| And the vast form of Nature like a Serpent roll'd between. t660
FZ3-42.18; E328| She ended. for [from] his wrathful throne burst forth the black hail storm t661
FZ3-42.19; E328| Am I not God said Urizen. Who is Equal to me
FZ3-42.20; E328| Do I not stretch the heavens abroad or fold them up like a garment
FZ3-42.21; E328| He spoke mustering his heavy clouds around him black opake
FZ3-43.1; E328| Then thunders rolld around & lightnings darted to & fro
FZ3-43.2; E328| His visage changd to darkness & his strong right hand came forth t662
FZ3-43.3; E328| To cast Ahania to the Earth be siezd her by the hair
FZ3-43.4; E328| And threw her from the steps of ice that froze around his throne
FZ3-43.5; E328| Saying Art thou also become like Vala. thus I cast thee out
FZ3-43.6; E328| Shall the feminine indolent bliss. the indulgent self of weariness
FZ3-43.7; E329| The passive idle sleep the enormous night & darkness of Death
FZ3-43.8; E329| Set herself up to give her laws to the active masculine virtue
FZ3-43.9; E329| Thou little diminutive portion that darst be a counterpart
FZ3-43.10; E329| Thy passivity thy laws of obedience & insincerity
FZ3-43.11; E329| Are my abhorrence. Wherefore hast thou taken that fair form
FZ3-43.12; E329| Whence is this power given to thee! once thou wast in my breast
FZ3-43.13; E329| A sluggish current of dim waters. on whose verdant margin
FZ3-43.14; E329| A cavern shaggd with horrid shades. dark cool & deadly. where
FZ3-43.15; E329| I laid my head in the hot noon after the broken clods
FZ3-43.16; E329| Had wearied me. there I lad my plow & there my horses fed
FZ3-43.17; E329| And thou hast risen with thy moist locks into a watry image
FZ3-43.18; E329| Reflecting all my indolence my weakness & my death
FZ3-43.19; E329| To weigh me down beneath the grave into non Entity
FZ3-43.20; E329| Where Luvah strives scorned by Vala age after age wandering
FZ3-43.21; E329| Shrinking & shrinking from her Lord & calling him the Tempter
FZ3-43.22; E329| And art thou also become like Vala thus I cast thee out.
FZ3-43.23; E329| So loud in thunders spoke the King folded in dark despair
FZ3-43.24; E329| And threw Ahania from his bosom obdurate She fell like lightning
FZ3-43.25; E329| Then fled the sons of Urizen from his thunderous throne petrific
FZ3-43.26; E329| They fled to East & West & left the North & South of Heaven
FZ3-43.27; E329| A crash ran thro the immense The bounds of Destiny were broken
FZ3-43.28; E329| The bounds of Destiny crashd direful & the swelling Sea
FZ3-43.29; E329| Burst from its bonds in whirlpools fierce roaring with Human voice
FZ3-43.30; E329| Triumphing even to the Stars at bright Ahanias fall
FZ3-43.31; E329| Down from the dismal North the Prince in thunders & thick clouds
FZ3-44.1; E329| As when the thunderbolt down falleth on the appointed place
FZ3-44.2; E329| Fell down down rushing ruining thundering shuddering t663
FZ3-44.3; E329| Into the Caverns of the Grave & places of Human Seed
FZ3-44.4; E329| Where the impressions of Despair & Hope enroot forever
FZ3-44.5; E329| A world of Darkness. Ahania fell far into Non Entity
FZ3-44.6; E329| She Continued falling. Loud the Crash continud loud & Hoarse
FZ3-44.7; E329| From the Crash roared a flame of blue sulphureous fire from the flame t664
FZ3-44.8; E329| A dolorous groan that struck with dumbness all confusion
FZ3-44.9; E329| Swallowing up the horrible din in agony on agony
FZ3-44.10; E329| Thro the Confusion like a crack across from immense to immense
FZ3-44.11; E329| Loud strong a universal groan of death louder
FZ3-44.12; E329| Than all the wracking elements deafend & rended worse
FZ3-44.13; E329| Than Urizen & all his hosts in curst despair down rushing
FZ3-44.14; E329| But from the Dolorous Groan on like a shadow of smoke appeard
FZ3-44.15; E329| And human bones rattling together in the smoke & stamping
FZ3-44.16; E329| The nether Abyss & gnasshing in fierce despair. panting in sobs
FZ3-44.17; E329| Thick short incessant bursting sobbing. deep despairing stamping struggling
FZ3-44.18; E330| Struggling to utter the voice of Man struggling to take the features of Man. Struggling t665
FZ3-44.19; E330| To take the limbs of Man at length emerging from the smoke
FZ3-44.20; E330| Of Urizen dashed in pieces from his precipitant fall
FZ3-44.21; E330| Tharmas reard up his hands & stood on the affrighted Ocean
FZ3-44.22; E330| The dead reard up his Voice & stood on the resounding shore
FZ3-44.23; E330| Crying. Fury in my limbs. destruction in my bones & marrow
FZ3-44.24; E330| My skull riven into filaments. my eyes into sea jellies
FZ3-44.25; E330| Floating upon the tide wander bubbling & bubbling
FZ3-44.26; E330| Uttering my lamentations & begetting little monsters
FZ3-44.27; E330| Who sit mocking upon the little pebbles of the tide
FZ3-44.28; E330| In all my rivers & on dried shells that the fish
FZ3-45.1; E330| Have quite forsaken. O fool fool to lose my sweetest bliss
FZ3-45.2; E330| Where art thou Enion ah too near to cunning too far off
FZ3-45.3; E330| And yet too near. Dashd down I send thee into distant darkness
FZ3-45.4; E330| Far as my strength can hurl thee wander there & laugh & play
FZ3-45.5; E330| Among the frozen arrows they will tear thy tender flesh
FZ3-45.6; E330| Fall off afar from Tharmas come not too near my strong fury
FZ3-45.7; E330| Scream & fall off & laugh at Tharmas lovely summer beauty
FZ3-45.8; E330| Till winter rends thee into Shivers as thou hast rended me
FZ3-45.9; E330| So Tharmas bellowd oer the ocean thundring sobbing bursting
FZ3-45.10; E330| The bounds of Destiny were broken & hatred now began
FZ3-45.11; E330| Instead of love to Enion. Enion blind & age bent
FZ3-45.12; E330| Plungd into the cold billows living a life in midst of waters
FZ3-45.13; E330| In terrors she witherd away to Entuthon Benithon
FZ3-45.14; E330| A world of deep darkness where all things in horrors are rooted
FZ3-45.15; E330| These are the words of Enion heard from the cold waves of despair
FZ3-45.16; E330| O Tharmas I had lost thee. & when I hoped I had found thee
FZ3-45.17; E330| O Tharmas do not thou destroy me quite but let
FZ3-45.18; E330| A little shadow. but a little showery form of Enion
FZ3-45.19; E330| Be near thee loved Terror. let me still remain & then do thou
FZ3-45.20; E330| Thy righteous doom upon me. only let me hear thy voice
FZ3-45.21; E330| Driven by thy rage I wander like a cloud into the deep
FZ3-45.22; E330| Where never yet Existence came, there losing all my life
FZ3-45.23; E330| I back return weaker & weaker, consume me not away
FZ3-45.24; E330| In thy great wrath. tho I have sinned. tho I have rebelld
FZ3-45.25; E330| Make me not like the things forgotten as they had not been
FZ3-45.26; E330| Make not the thing that loveth thee. a tear wiped away
FZ3-45.27; E330| Tharmas replied riding on storms his voice of Thunder rolld t666
FZ3-45.28; E330| Image of grief thy fading lineaments make my eyelids fail
FZ3-45.29; E330| What have I done! both rage & mercy are alike to me
FZ3-45.30; E330| Looking upon thee Image of faint waters. I recoil
FZ3-45.31; E331| From my fierce rage into thy semblance. Enion return
FZ3-45.32; E331| Why does thy piteous face Evanish like a rainy cloud
FZ3-46.1; E331| Melting. a shower of falling tears. nothing but tears! Enion:
FZ3-46.2; E331| Substanceless. voiceless, weeping. vanishd. nothing but tears! Enion
FZ3-46.3; E331| Art thou for ever vanishd from the watry eyes of Tharmas
FZ3-46.4; E331| Rage Rage shall never from my bosom. winds & waters of woe
FZ3-46.5; E331| Consuming all to the end consuming Love and Hope are ended t667
FZ3-46.6; E331| For now no more remaind of Enion in the dismal air
FZ3-46.7; E331| Only a voice eternal wailing in the Elements
FZ3-46.8; E331| Where Enion, blind & age bent wanderd Ahania wanders now
FZ3-46.9; E331| She wanders in Eternal fear of falling into the indefinite
FZ3-46.10; E331| For her bright eyes behold the Abyss. sometimes a little sleep
FZ3-46.11; E331| Weighs down her eyelids then she falls then starting wakes in fears
FZ3-46.12; E331| Sleepless to wander round repelld on the margin of Non Entity
FZ3-46; E331| The End of the Third Night/BODY>