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THE FOUR ZOAS
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VALA
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Night the Seventh t759
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Then Urizen arose The Spectre fled & Tharmas fled
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The darkning Spectre of Urthona hid beneath a rock
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Tharmas threw his impetuous flight thro the deeps of immensity
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Revolving round in whirlpools fierce all round the cavernd worlds
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But Urizen silent descended to the Caves of Orc & saw t760
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A Cavernd Universe of flaming fire the horses of Urizen
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Here bound to fiery mangers furious dash their golden hoofs
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Striking fierce sparkles from their brazen fetters. fierce his lions
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Howl in the burning dens his tygers roam ill the redounding smoke
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In forests of affliction. the adamantine scales of justice
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Consuming in the raging lamps of mercy pourd in rivers
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The holy oil rages thro all the cavernd rocks fierce flames
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Dance on the rivers & the rocks howling & drunk with fury
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The plow of ages & the golden harrow wade thro fields
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Of goary blood the immortal seed is nourishd for the slaughter
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The bulls of Luvah breathing fire bellow on burning pastures
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Round howling Orc whose awful limbs cast forth red smoke & fire
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That Urizen approachd not near but took his seat on a rock
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And rangd his books around him brooding Envious over Orc t762
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Howling & rending his dark caves the awful Demon lay
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Pulse after pulse beat on his fetters pulse after pulse his spirit
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Darted & darted higher & higher to the shrine of Enitharmon
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As when the thunder folds himself in thickest clouds
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The watry nations couch & hide in the profoundest deeps
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Then bursting from his troubled head with terrible visages & flaming
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His swift wingd daughters sweep across the vast black ocean
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Los felt the Envy in his limbs like to a blighted tree
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For Urizen fixd in Envy sat brooding & coverd with snow
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His book of iron on his knees he tracd the dreadful letters
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While his snows fell & his storms beat to cool the flames of Orc
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Age after Age till underneath his heel a deadly root
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Struck thro the rock the root of Mystery accursed shooting up
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Branches into the heaven of Los they pipe formd bending down
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Take root again whereever they touch again branching forth
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In intricate labyrinths oerspreading many a grizly deep
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Amazd started Urizen when he found himself compassd round
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And high roofed over with trees. he arose but the stems
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Stood so thick he with difficulty & great pain brought
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His books out of the dismal shade. all but the book of iron
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Again he took his seat & rangd his Books around t764
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On a rock of iron frowning over the foaming fires of Orc
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And Urizen hung over Ore & viewd his terrible wrath
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Sitting upon an iron Crag at length his words broke forth t765
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Image of dread whence art thou whence is this most woful place
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Whence these fierce fires but from thyself No other living thing
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In all this Chasm I behold. No other living thing
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Dare thy most terrible wrath abide Bound here to waste in pain
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Thy vital substance in these fires that issue new & new
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Around thee sometimes like a flood & sometimes like a rock
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Of living pangs thy horrible bed glowing with ceaseless fires
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Beneath thee & around Above a Shower of fire now beats
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Moulded to globes & arrowy wedges rending thy bleeding limbs
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And now a whirling pillar of burning sands to overwhelm thee
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Steeping thy wounds in salts infernal & in bitter anguish
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And now a rock moves on the surface of this lake of fire
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To bear thee down beneath the waves in stifling despair
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Pity for thee movd me to break my dark & long repose
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And to reveal myself before thee in a form of wisdom
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Yet thou dost laugh at all these tortures & this horrible place
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Yet throw thy limbs these fires abroad that back return upon thee
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While thou reposest throwing rage on rage feeding thyself
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With visions of sweet bliss far other than this burning clime
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Sure thou art bathd in rivers of delight on verdant fields
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Walking in joy in bright Expanses sleeping on bright clouds
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With visions of delight so lovely that they urge thy rage
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Tenfold with fierce desire to rend thy chain & howl in fury
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And dim oblivion of all woe & desperate repose
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Or is thy joy founded on torment which others bear for thee
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Orc answer'd Curse thy hoary brows. What dost thou in this deep
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Thy Pity I contemn scatter thy snows elsewhere
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I rage in the deep for Lo my feet & hands are naild to the burning
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Yet my fierce fires are better than thy snows Shuddring thou sittest
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Thou art not chaind Why shouldst thou sit cold grovelling demon of woe
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In tortures of dire coldness now a Lake of waters deep
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Sweeps over thee freezing to solid still thou sitst closd up
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In that transparent rock as if in joy of thy bright prison
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Till overburdend with its own weight drawn out thro immensity
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With a crash breaking across the horrible mass comes down
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Thundring & hail & frozen iron haild from the Element
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Rends thy white hair yet thou dost fixd obdurate brooding sit
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Writing thy books. Anon a cloud filld with a waste of snows
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Covers thee still obdurate still resolvd & writing still
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Tho rocks roll oer thee tho floods pour tho winds black as the Sea
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Cut thee in gashes tho the blood pours down around thy ankles
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Freezing thy feet to the hard rock still thy pen obdurate
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Traces the wonders of Futurity in horrible fear of the future
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I rage furious in the deep for lo my feet & hands are naild
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To the hard rock or thou shouldst feel my enmity & hate
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In all the diseases of man falling upon thy grey accursed front
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Urizen answerd Read my books explore my Constellations
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Enquire of my Sons & they shall teach thee how to War
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Enquire of my Daughters who accursd in the dark depths
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Knead bread of Sorrow by my stern command for I am God
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Of all this dreadful ruin Rise O daughters at my Stern command
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Rending the Rocks Eleth & Uveth rose & Ona rose
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Terrific with their iron vessels driving them across
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In the dim air they took the book of iron & placd above
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On clouds of death & sang their songs Kneading the bread of Orc
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Orc listend to the song compelld hungring on the cold wind
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That swaggd heavy with the accursed dough. the hoar frost ragd
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Thro Onas sieve the torrent rain pourd from the iron pail
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Of Eleth & the icy hands of Uveth kneaded the bread
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The heavens bow with terror underneath their iron hands
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Singing at their dire work the words of Urizens book of iron
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While the enormous scrolls rolld dreadful in the heavens above
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And still the burden of their song in tears was poured forth
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The bread is Kneaded let us rest O cruel father of children
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But Urizen remitted not their labours upon his rock
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And Urizen Read in his book of brass in sounding tones t767
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Listen O Daughters to my voice Listen to the Words of Wisdom
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So shall [ye] govern over all let Moral Duty tune your tongue
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But be your hearts harder than the nether millstone
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To bring the shadow of Enitharmon beneath our wondrous tree
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That Los may Evaporate like smoke & be no more
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Draw down Enitharmon to the Spectre of Urthona
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And let him have dominion over Los the terrible shade
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Compell the poor to live upon a Crust of bread by soft mild arts
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Smile when they frown frown when they smile & when a man looks pale
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With labour & abstinence say he looks healthy & happy
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And when his children Sicken let them die there are enough
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Born even too many & our Earth will be overrun
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Without these arts If you would make the poor live with temper
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With pomp give every crust of bread you give with gracious cunning
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Magnify small gifts reduce the man to want a gift & then give with
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Say he smiles if you hear him sigh If pale say he is ruddy
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Preach temperance say he is overgorgd & drowns his wit
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In strong drink tho you know that bread & water are all
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He can afford Flatter his wife pity his children till we can
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Reduce all to our will as spaniels are taught with art
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Lo how the heart & brain are formed in the breeding womb
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Of Enitharmon how it buds with life & forms the bones
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The little heart the liver & the red blood in its labyrinths
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By gratified desire by strong devouring appetite she fills
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Los with ambitious fury that his race shall all devour
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Then Orc cried Curse thy Cold hypocrisy. already round thy Tree t770
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In scales that shine with gold & rubies thou beginnest to weaken
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My divided Spirit Like a worm I rise in peace unbound
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From wrath Now When I rage my fetters bind me more
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O torment O torment A Worm compelld. Am I a worm
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Is it in strong deceit that man is born. In strong deceit
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Thou dost restrain my fury that the worm may fold the tree
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Avaunt Cold hypocrite I am chaind or thou couldst not use me thus
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The Man shall rage bound with this Chain the worm in silence creep
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Thou wilt not cease from rage Grey Demon silence all thy storms
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Give me example of thy mildness King of furious hail storms
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Art thou the cold attractive power that holds me in this chain
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I well remember how I stole thy light & it became fire
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Consuming. Thou Knowst me now O Urizen Prince of Light
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And I know thee is this the triumph this the Godlike State
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That lies beyond the bounds of Science in the Grey obscure
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Terrified Urizen heard Orc now certain that he was Luvah
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And Orc began to Organize a Serpent body t771
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Despising Urizens light & turning it into flaming fire
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Recieving as a poisond Cup Recieves the heavenly wine
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And turning affection into fury & thought into abstraction
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A Self consuming dark devourer rising into the heavens
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Urizen envious brooding sat & saw the secret terror
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Flame high in pride & laugh to scorn the source of his deceit
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Nor knew the source of his own but thought himself the Sole author
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Of all his wandering Experiments in the horrible Abyss
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He knew that weakness stretches out in breadth & length he knew
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That wisdom reaches high & deep & therefore he made Orc
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In Serpent form compelld stretch out & up the mysterious tree
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He sufferd him to Climb that he might draw all human forms
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Into submission to his will nor knew the dread result
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Los sat in showers of Urizen watching cold Enitharmon t773
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His broodings rush down to his feet producing Eggs that hatching
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Burst forth upon the winds above the tree of Mystery
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Enitharmon lay on his knees. Urizen tracd his Verses
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In the dark deep the dark tree grew. her shadow was drawn down
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Down to the roots it wept over Orc. the Shadow of Enitharmon
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Los saw her stretchd the image of death upon his witherd valleys
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Her Shadow went forth & returnd Now she was pale as Snow
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When the mountains & hills are coverd over & the paths of Men shut
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But when her spirit returnd as ruddy as a morning when
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The ripe fruit blushes into joy in heavens eternal halls t775
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Sorrow shot thro him from his feet it shot up to his head
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Like a cold night that nips the root & shatters off the leaves
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Silent he stood oer Enitharmon watching her pale face
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He spoke not he was Silent till he felt the cold disease
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Then Los mournd on the dismal wind in his jealous lamentation
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Why can I not Enjoy thy beauty Lovely Enitharmon
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When I return from clouds of Grief in the wandring Elements
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Where thou in thrilling joy in beaming summer loveliness
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Delectable reposest ruddy in my absence flaming with beauty
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Cold pale in sorrow at my approach trembling at my terrific
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Forehead & eyes thy lips decay lik roses in the spring
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How art thou Shrunk thy grapes that burst in summers vast Excess
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Shut up in little purple covering faintly bud & die
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Thy olive trees that pourd down oil upon a thousand hills
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Sickly look forth & scarcely stretch their branches to the plain
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Thy roses that expanded in the face of glowing morn
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Hid in a little silken veil scarce breathe & faintly shine
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Thy lilies that gave light what time the morning looked forth
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Hid in the Vales faintly lament & no one hears their voice
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All things beside the woful Los enjoy the delights of beauty
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Once how I sang & calld the beasts & birds to their delights
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Nor knew that I alone exempted from the joys of love
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Must war with secret monsters of the animating worlds
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O that I had not seen the day then should I be at rest
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Nor felt the stingings of desire nor longings after life
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For life is Sweet to Los the wretched to his winged woes
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Is given a craving cry that they may sit at night on barren rocks
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And whet their beaks & snuff the air & watch the opening dawn
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And Shriek till at the smells of blood they stretch their boney wings
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And cut the winds like arrows shot by troops of Destiny
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Thus Los lamented in the night unheard by Enitharmon
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For the Shadow of Enitharmon descended down the tree of Mystery
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The Spectre saw the Shade Shivering over his gloomy rocks
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Beneath the tree of Mystery which in the dismal Abyss
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Began to blossom in fierce pain shooting its writhing buds
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In throes of birth & now the blossoms falling shining fruit
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Appeard of many colours & of various poisonous qualities
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Of Plagues hidden in shining globes that grew on the living tree
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The Spectre of Urthona saw the Shadow of Enitharmon
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Beneath the Tree of Mystery among the leaves & fruit t778
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Reddning the Demon strong prepard the poison of sweet Love
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He turnd from side to side in tears he wept & he embracd
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The fleeting image & in whispers mild wood the faint shade
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Loveliest delight of Men. Enitharmon shady hiding
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In secret places where no eye can trace thy watry way
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Have I found thee have I found thee tremblest thou in fear
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Because of Orc because he rent his discordant way
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From thy sweet loins of bliss. red flowd thy blood
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Pale grew thy face lightnings playd around thee thunders hoverd
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Over thee, & the terrible Orc rent his discordant way t781
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But the next joy of thine shall be in sweet delusion
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And its birth in fainting & sleep & Sweet delusions of Vala
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The Shadow of Enitharmon answerd Art thou terrible Shade
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Set over this sweet boy of mine to guard him lest he rend
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His mother to the winds of heaven Intoxicated with
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The fruit of this delightful tree. I cannot flee away
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From thy embrace else be assurd so horrible a form
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Should never in my arms repose. now listen I will tell
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Thee Secrets of Eternity which neer before unlockd
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My golden lips nor took the bar from Enitharmons breast
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Among the Flowers of Beulah walkd the Eternal Man & Saw
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Vala the lilly of the desart. melting in high noon
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Upon her bosom in sweet bliss he fainted Wonder siezd
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All heaven they saw him dark. they built a golden wall
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Round Beulah There he reveld in delight among the Flowers
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Vala was pregnant & brought forth Urizen Prince of Light
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First born of Generation. Then behold a wonder to the Eyes
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Of the now fallen Man a double form Vala appeard. A Male
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And female shuddring pale the Fallen Man recoild
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From the Enormity & calld them Luvah & Vala. turning down
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The vales to find his way back into Heaven but found none
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For his frail eyes were faded & his ears heavy & dull
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Urizen grew up in the plains of Beulah Many Sons
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And many daughters flourishd round the holy Tent of Man
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Till he forgot Eternity delighted in his sweet joy
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Among his family his flocks & herds & tents & pastures
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But Luvah close conferrd with Urizen in darksom night
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To bind the father & enslave the brethren Nought he knew
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Of sweet Eternity the blood flowd round the holy tent & rivn
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From its hinges uttering its final groan all Beulah fell
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In dark confusion mean time Los was born & Enitharmon
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But how I know not then forgetfulness quite wrapd me up
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A period nor do I more remember till I stood
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Beside Los in the Cavern dark enslavd to vegetative forms
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According to the Will of Luvah who assumed the Place
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Of the Eternal Man & smote him. But thou Spectre dark
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Maist find a way to punish Vala in thy fiery South
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To bring her down subjected to the rage of my fierce boy
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The Spectre said. Thou lovely Vision this delightful Tree
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Is given us for a Shelter from the tempests of Void & Solid
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Till once again the morn of ages shall renew upon us
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To reunite in those mild fields of happy Eternity
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Where thou & I in undivided Essence walkd about
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Imbodied. thou my garden of delight & I the spirit in the garden
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Mutual there we dwelt in one anothers joy revolving
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Days of Eternity with Tharmas mild & Luvah sweet melodious
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Upon our waters. This thou well rememberest listen I will tell
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What thou forgettest. They in us & we in them alternate Livd
t784
FZ7a-84.11; E359|
Drinking the joys of Universal Manhood. One dread morn
FZ7a-84.12; E359|
Listen O vision of Delight One dread morn of goary blood
FZ7a-84.13; E359|
The manhood was divided for the gentle passions making way
t785
FZ7a-84.14; E359|
Thro the infinite labyrinths of the heart & thro the nostrils issuing
FZ7a-84.15; E359|
In odorous stupefaction stood before the Eyes of Man
FZ7a-84.16; E359|
A female bright. I stood beside my anvil dark a mass
FZ7a-84.17; E359|
Of iron glowd bright prepard for spades & plowshares. sudden down
FZ7a-84.18; E359|
I sunk with cries of blood issuing downward in the veins
FZ7a-84.19; E359|
Which now my rivers were become rolling in tubelike forms t786
FZ7a-84.20; E359|
Shut up within themselves descending down I sunk along,
FZ7a-84.21; E359|
The goary tide even to the place of seed & there dividing
FZ7a-84.22; E359|
I was divided in darkness & oblivion thou an infant woe
FZ7a-84.23; E359|
And I an infant terror in the womb of Enion
FZ7a-84.24; E359|
My masculine spirit scorning the frail body issud forth
FZ7a-84.25; E359|
From Enions brain In this deformed form leaving thee there
FZ7a-84.26; E359|
Till times passd over thee but still my spirit returning hoverd
t787
FZ7a-84.27; E359|
And formd a Male to be a counterpart to thee O Love
FZ7a-84.28; E359|
Darkend & Lost In due time issuing forth from Enions womb
FZ7a-84.29; E359|
Thou & that demon Los wert born Ah jealousy & woe t788
FZ7a-84.30; E359|
Ah poor divided dark Urthona now a Spectre wandering
FZ7a-84.31; E359|
The deeps of Los the Slave of that Creation I created
FZ7a-84.32; E359|
I labour night & day for Los but listen thou my vision
FZ7a-84.33; E359|
I view futurity in thee I will bring down soft Vala
FZ7a-84.34; E359|
To the embraces of this terror & I will destroy
FZ7a-84.35; E359|
That body I created then shall we unite again in bliss
FZ7a-84.36; E360|
Thou knowest that the Spectre is in Every Man insane brutish
t789
FZ7a-84.37; E360|
Deformd that I am thus a ravening devouring lust continually
FZ7a-84.38; E360|
Craving & devouring but my Eyes are always upon thee O lovely
FZ7a-84.39; E360|
Delusion & I cannot crave for any thing but thee no so
t790
FZ7a-84.40; E360|
The spectres of the Dead for I am as the Spectre of the Living
FZ7a-84.41; E360|
For till these terrors planted round the Gates of Eternal life
FZ7a-84.42; E360|
Are driven away & annihilated we never can repass the Gates
FZ7a-85.1; E360|
Astonishd filld with tears the spirit of Enitharmon beheld
FZ7a-85.2; E360|
And heard the Spectre bitterly she wept Embracing fervent t791
FZ7a-85.3; E360|
Her once lovd Lord now but a Shade herself also a shade
FZ7a-85.4; E360|
Conferring times on times among the branches of that Tree
FZ7a-85.5; E360|
Thus they conferrd among the intoxicating fumes of Mystery
FZ7a-85.6; E360|
Till Enitharmons shadow pregnant in the deeps beneath
FZ7a-85.7; E360|
Brought forth a wonder horrible. While Enitharmon shriekd
FZ7a-85.8; E360|
And trembled thro the Worlds above Los wept his fierce soul was terrifid
FZ7a-85.9; E360|
At the shrieks of Enitharmon at her tossings nor could his eyes percieve
FZ7a-85.10; E360|
The cause of her dire anguish for she lay the image of Death
FZ7a-85.11; E360|
Movd by strong shudders till her shadow was deliverd then she ran
FZ7a-85.12; E360|
Raving about the upper Elements in maddning fury
FZ7a-85.13; E360|
She burst the Gates of Enitharmons heart with direful Crash
FZ7a-85.14; E360|
Nor could they ever be closd again the golden hinges were broken
FZ7a-85.15; E360|
And the gates broke in sunder & their ornaments defacd
t792
FZ7a-85.16; E360|
Beneath the tree of Mystery for the immortal shadow shuddering
FZ7a-85.17; E360|
Brought forth this wonder horrible a Cloud she grew & grew
FZ7a-85.18; E360|
Till many of the dead burst forth from the bottoms of their tombs
FZ7a-85.19; E360|
In male forms without female counterparts or Emanations t793
FZ7a-85.20; E360|
Cruel and ravening with Enmity & Hatred & War
FZ7a-85.21; E360|
In dreams of Ulro dark delusive drawn by the lovely shadow
t794
FZ7a-85.22; E360|
The Spectre terrified gave her Charge over the howling Orc
t795
FZ7b-95[2nd].15; E360|
But in the deeps beneath the Roots of Mystery in darkest night
t797
FZ7b-95[2nd].16; E360|
Where Urizen sat on his rock the Shadow brooded t798
FZ7b-95[2nd].17; E360|
Urizen saw & triumphd & he cried to his warriors t799
FZ7b-95[2nd].18; E360|
The time of Prophecy is now revolvd & all
FZ7b-95[2nd].19; E360|
This Universal Ornament is mine & in my hands
FZ7b-95[2nd].20; E360|
The ends of heaven like a Garment will I fold them round me
FZ7b-95[2nd].21; E360|
Consuming what must be consumd then in power & majesty
FZ7b-95[2nd].22; E360|
I will walk forth thro those wide fields of endless Eternity
FZ7b-95[2nd].23; E360|
A God & not a Man a Conqueror in triumphant glory
FZ7b-95[2nd].24; E360|
And all the Sons of Everlasting shall bow down at my feet t800
FZ7b-95[2nd].25; E360|
First Trades & Commerce ships & armed vessels he builded laborious
FZ7b-95[2nd].26; E360|
To swim the deep & on the Land children are sold to trades
FZ7b-95[2nd].27; E361|
Of dire necessity still laboring day & night till all
FZ7b-95[2nd].28; E361|
Their life extinct they took the spectre form in dark despair
FZ7b-95[2nd].29; E361|
And slaves in myriads in ship loads burden the hoarse sounding deep
FZ7b-95[2nd].30; E361|
Rattling with clanking chains the Universal Empire groans
FZ7b-95[2nd].31; E361|
And he commanded his Sons found a Center in the Deep
FZ7b-95[2nd].32; E361|
And Urizen laid the first Stone & all his myriads
FZ7b-95[2nd].33; E361|
Builded a temple in the image of the human heart
FZ7b-88.1; E361|
And in the inner part of the Temple wondrous workmanship
FZ7b-88.2; E361|
They formd the Secret place reversing all the order of delight
FZ7b-88.3; E361|
That whosoever enterd into the temple might not behold
FZ7b-88.4; E361|
The hidden wonders allegoric of the Generations
FZ7b-88.5; E361|
Of secret lust when hid in chambers dark the nightly harlot
FZ7b-88.6; E361|
Plays in Disguise in whisperd hymn & mumbling prayer The priests
FZ7b-88.7; E361|
He ordaind & Priestesses clothd in disguises beastial
FZ7b-88.8; E361|
Inspiring secrecy & lamps they bore intoxicating fumes
FZ7b-88.9; E361|
Roll round the Temple & they took the Sun that glowd oer Los
FZ7b-88.10; E361|
And with immense machines down rolling. the terrific orb
FZ7b-88.11; E361|
Compell'd. The Sun reddning like a fierce lion in his chains
FZ7b-88.12; E361|
Descended to the sound of instruments that drownd the noise
FZ7b-88.13; E361|
Of the hoarse wheels & the terrific howlings of wild beasts
FZ7b-88.14; E361|
That dragd the wheels of the Suns chariot & they put the Sun
FZ7b-88.15; E361|
Into the temple of Urizen to give light to the Abyss
FZ7b-88.16; E361|
To light the War by day to hide his secret beams by night
FZ7b-88.17; E361|
For he divided day & night in different orderd portions
FZ7b-88.18; E361|
The day for war the night for secret religion in his temple
t801
FZ7b-88.19; E361|
Los reard his mighty stature on Earth stood his feet. Above
t802
FZ7b-88.20; E361|
The moon his furious forehead circled with black bursting thunders
FZ7b-88.21; E361|
His naked limbs glittring upon the dark blue sky his knees
FZ7b-88.22; E361|
Bathed in bloody clouds. his loins in fires of war where spears
FZ7b-88.23; E361|
And swords rage where the Eagles cry & the Vultures laugh saying
FZ7b-88.24; E361|
Now comes the night of Carnage now the flesh of Kings & Princes
FZ7b-88.25; E361|
Pamperd in palaces for our food the blood of Captains nurturd
t803
FZ7b-88.26; E361|
With lust & murder for our drink the drunken Raven shall wander
FZ7b-88.27; E361|
All night among the slain & mock the wounded that groan in the field
FZ7b-88.28; E361|
Tharmas laughd furious among the Banners clothd in blood
FZ7b-88.29; E361|
Crying As I will I rend the Nations all asunder rending
FZ7b-88.30; E361|
The People, vain their combinations I will scatter them
FZ7b-88.31; E361|
But thou O Son whom I have crowned and inthrond thee Strong
FZ7b-88.32; E361|
I will preserve tho Enemies arise around thee numberless
FZ7b-88.33; E361|
I will command my winds & they shall scatter them or call
FZ7b-89.1; E361|
My Waters like a flood around thee fear not trust in me
FZ7b-89.2; E361|
And I will give thee all the ends of heaven for thy possession
FZ7b-89.3; E362|
In war shalt thou bear rule in blood shalt thou triumph for me
FZ7b-89.4; E362|
Because in times of Everlasting I was rent in sunder
FZ7b-89.5; E362|
And what I loved best was divided among my Enemies
FZ7b-89.6; E362|
My little daughters were made captives & I saw them beaten
FZ7b-89.7; E362|
With whips along the sultry sands. I heard those whom I lovd
t804
FZ7b-89.8; E362|
Crying in secret tents at night & in the morn compelld
FZ7b-89.9; E362|
To labour & behold my heart sunk down beneath
FZ7b-89.10; E362|
In sighs & sobbings all dividing till I was divided t805
FZ7b-89.11; E362|
In twain & lo my Crystal form that lived in my bosom
FZ7b-89.12; E362|
Followd her daughters to the fields of blood they left me naked
FZ7b-89.13; E362|
Alone & they refusd to return from the fields of the mighty
FZ7b-89.14; E362|
Therefore I will reward them as they have rewarded me
FZ7b-89.15; E362|
I will divide them in my anger & thou O my King
FZ7b-89.16; E362|
Shalt gather them from out their graves & put thy fetter on them
FZ7b-89.17; E362|
And bind them to thee that my crystal form may come to me
FZ7b-89.18; E362|
So cried the Demon of the Waters in the Clouds of Los
FZ7b-89.19; E362|
Outstretchd upon the hills lay Enitharmon clouds & tempests
FZ7b-89.20; E362|
Beat round her head all night all day she riots in Excess
FZ7b-89.21; E362|
But night or day Los follows War & the dismal moon rolls over her
t806
FZ7b-89.22; E362|
That when Los warrd upon the South reflected the fierce fires
FZ7b-89.23; E362|
Of his immortal head into the North upon faint Enitharmon
FZ7b-89.24; E362|
Red rage the furies of fierce Orc black thunders roll round Los
FZ7b-89.25; E362|
Flaming his head like the bright sun seen thro a mist that magnifies
FZ7b-89.26; E362|
His disk into a terrible vision to the Eyes of trembling mortals
FZ7b-89.27; E362|
And Enitharmon trembling & in fear utterd these words
FZ7b-89.28; E362|
I put not any trust in thee nor in thy glittering scales
FZ7b-89.29; E362|
Thy eyelids are a terror to me & the flaming of thy crest
FZ7b-89.30; E362|
The rushing of thy Scales confound me thy hoarse rushing scales
FZ7b-89.31; E362|
And if that Los had not built me a tower upon a rock
FZ7b-89.32; E362|
I must have died in the dark desart among noxious worms
FZ7b-89.33; E362|
How shall I flee how shall I flee into the tower of Los
FZ7b-89.34; E362|
My feet are turned backward & my footsteps slide in clay
FZ7b-89.35; E362|
And clouds are closd around my tower my arms labour in vain
FZ7b-89.36; E362|
Does not the God of waters in the wracking Elements
FZ7b-89.37; E362|
Love those who hate rewarding with hate the Loving Soul
FZ7b-90.1; E362|
And must not I obey the God thou Shadow of Jealousy
FZ7b-90.2; E362|
I cry the watchman heareth not I pour my voice in roarings
FZ7b-90.3; E362|
Watchman the night is thick & darkness cheats my rayie sight
FZ7b-90.4; E362|
Lift up Lift up O Los awake my watchman for he sleepeth
FZ7b-90.5; E362|
Lift up Lift up Shine forth O Light watchman thy light is out
FZ7b-90.6; E362|
O Los unless thou keep my tower the Watchman will be slain
FZ7b-90.7; E362|
So Enitharmon cried upon her terrible Earthy bed
FZ7b-90.8; E362|
While the broad Oak wreathd his roots round her forcing his dark way
FZ7b-90.9; E363|
Thro caves of death into Existence The Beech long limbd advancd
FZ7b-90.10; E363|
Terrific into the paind heavens The fruit trees humanizing
FZ7b-90.11; E363|
Shewd their immortal energies in warlike desperation
FZ7b-90.12; E363|
Rending the heavens & earths & drinking blood in the hot battle
FZ7b-90.13; E363|
To feed their fruit to gratify their hidden sons & daughters
FZ7b-90.14; E363|
That far within the close recesses of their secret palaces
FZ7b-90.15; E363|
Viewd the vast war & joyd wishing to vegetate
FZ7b-90.16; E363|
Into the Worlds of Enitharmon Loud the roaring winds
FZ7b-90.17; E363|
Burdend with clouds howl round the Couch sullen the wooly sheep
FZ7b-90.18; E363|
Walks thro the battle Dark & fierce the Bull his rage
FZ7b-90.19; E363|
Propagates thro the warring Earth The Lion raging in flames
t807
FZ7b-90.20; E363|
The Tyger in redounding smoke The Serpent of the woods t808
FZ7b-90.21; E363|
And of the waters & the scorpion of the desart irritate
FZ7b-90.22; E363|
With harsh songs every living soul. The Prester Serpent runs
FZ7b-90.23; E363|
Along the ranks crying Listen to the Priest of God ye warriors
FZ7b-90.24; E363|
This Cowl upon my head he placd in times of Everlasting
FZ7b-90.25; E363|
And said Go forth & guide my battles. lik the jointed spine
FZ7b-90.26; E363|
Of Man I made thee when I blotted Man from life & light
FZ7b-90.27; E363|
Take thou the seven Diseases of Man store them for times to come
FZ7b-90.28; E363|
In store houses in secret places that I will tell the[e] of
FZ7b-90.29; E363|
To be my great & awful curses at the time appointed
FZ7b-90.30; E363|
The Prester Serpent ceasd the War song sounded loud & strong
FZ7b-90.31; E363|
Thro all the heavens Urizens Web vibrated torment on torment
t809
FZ7b-91[2nd].1; E363|
Thus in the Caverns of the Grave & Places of human seed
t811
FZ7b-91[2nd].2; E363|
The nameless shadowy Vortex stood before the face of Orc
FZ7b-91[2nd].3; E363|
The Shadow reard her dismal head over the flaming youth
FZ7b-91[2nd].4; E363|
With sighs & howling & deep sobs that he might lose his rage
FZ7b-91[2nd].5; E363|
And with it lose himself in meekness she embracd his fire
FZ7b-91[2nd].6; E363|
As when the Earthquake rouzes from his den his shoulders huge
FZ7b-91[2nd].7; E363|
Appear above the crumb[l]ing Mountain. Silence waits around him
FZ7b-91[2nd].8; E363|
A moment then astounding horror belches from the Center
FZ7b-91[2nd].9; E363|
The fiery dogs arise the shoulders huge appear
FZ7b-91[2nd].10; E363|
So Orc rolld round his clouds upon the deeps of dark Urthona
FZ7b-91[2nd].11; E363|
Knowing the arts of Urizen were Pity & Meek affection t812
FZ7b-91[2nd].12; E363|
And that by these arts the Serpent form exuded from his limbs
FZ7b-91[2nd].13; E363|
Silent as despairing love & strong as Jealousy
FZ7b-91[2nd].14; E363|
Jealous that she was Vala now become Urizens harlot
FZ7b-91[2nd].15; E363|
And the Harlot of Los & the deluded harlot of the Kings of Earth
FZ7b-91[2nd].16; E363|
His soul was gnawn in sunder
FZ7b-91[2nd].17; E363|
The hairy shoulders rend the links free are the wrists of fire
FZ7b-91[2nd].18; E363|
Red rage redounds he rouzd his lions from his forests black
FZ7b-91[2nd].19; E363|
They howl around the flaming youth rending the nameless shadow
FZ7b-91[2nd].20; E363|
And running their immortal course thro solid darkness borne
FZ7b-91[2nd].21; E364|
Loud sounds the war song round red Orc in his [?triumphant] fury
t813
FZ7b-91[2nd].22; E364|
And round the nameless shadowy Female in her howling terror
FZ7b-91[2nd].23; E364|
When all the Elemental Gods joind in the wondrous Song
FZ7b-91[2nd].24; E364|
Sound the War trumpet terrific Souls clad in attractive steel
FZ7b-91[2nd].25; E364|
Sound the shrill fife serpents of war. I hear the northern drum
FZ7b-91[2nd].26; E364|
Awake, I hear the flappings of the folding banners
FZ7b-91[2nd].27; E364|
The dragons of the North put on their armour
FZ7b-91[2nd].28; E364|
Upon the Eastern sea direct they take their course
FZ7b-91[2nd].29; E364|
The glittring of their horses trapping stains the vault of night
FZ7b-91[2nd].30; E364|
Stop we the rising of the glorious King. spur spur your clouds
t814
FZ7b-92.1; E364|
Of death O northern drum awake O hand of iron sound
FZ7b-92.2; E364|
The northern drum. Now give the charge! bravely obscurd!
FZ7b-92.3; E364|
With darts of wintry hail. Again the black bow draw
FZ7b-92.4; E364|
Again the Elemental Strings to your right breasts draw
FZ7b-92.5; E364|
And let the thundring drum speed on the arrows black
FZ7b-92.6; E364|
The arrows flew from cloudy bow all day. till blood
FZ7b-92.7; E364|
From east to west flowd like the human veins in rivers
FZ7b-92.8; E364|
Of life upon the plains of death & valleys of despair
FZ7b-92.9; E364|
Now sound the clarions of Victory now strip the slain
FZ7b-92.10; E364|
clothe yourselves in golden arms brothers of war t815
FZ7b-92.11; E364|
They sound the clarions strong they chain the howling captives
FZ7b-92.12; E364|
they give the Oath of blood They cast the lots into the helmet,
t816
FZ7b-92.13; E364|
They vote the death of Luvah & they naild him to the tree
FZ7b-92.14; E364|
They piercd him with a spear & laid him in a sepulcher
FZ7b-92.15; E364|
To die a death of Six thousand years bound round with desolation
FZ7b-92.16; E364|
The sun was black & the moon rolld a useless globe thro heaven
FZ7b-92.17; E364|
Then left the Sons of Urizen the plow & harrow the loom
FZ7b-92.18; E364|
The hammer & the Chisel & the rule & compasses
FZ7b-92.19; E364|
They forgd the sword the chariot of war the battle ax
FZ7b-92.20; E364|
The trumpet fitted to the battle & the flute of summer
FZ7b-92.21; E364|
And all the arts of life they changd into the arts of death
FZ7b-92.22; E364|
The hour glass contemnd because its simple workmanship
FZ7b-92.23; E364|
Was as the workmanship of the plowman & the water wheel
FZ7b-92.24; E364|
That raises water into Cisterns broken & burnd in fire
FZ7b-92.25; E364|
Because its workmanship was like the workmanship of the Shepherd
FZ7b-92.26; E364|
And in their stead intricate wheels invented Wheel without wheel
FZ7b-92.27; E364|
To perplex youth in their outgoings & to bind to labours
FZ7b-92.28; E364|
Of day & night the myriads of Eternity. that they might file
FZ7b-92.29; E364|
And polish brass & iron hour after hour laborious workmanship
FZ7b-92.30; E364|
Kept ignorant of the use that they might spend the days of wisdom
FZ7b-92.31; E364|
In sorrowful drudgery to obtain a scanty pittance of bread
FZ7b-92.32; E364|
In ignorance to view a small portion & think that All
FZ7b-92.33; E364|
And call it Demonstration blind to all the simple rules of life
FZ7b-92.34; E365|
Now now the Battle rages round thy tender limbs O Vala
FZ7b-92.35; E365|
Now smile among thy bitter tears now put on all thy beauty
FZ7b-92.36; E365|
Is not the wound of the sword Sweet & the broken bone delightful
FZ7b-92.37; E365|
Wilt thou now smile among the slain when the wounded groan in the field
FZ7b-93.1; E365|
Life up thy blue eyes Vala & put on thy sapphire shoes
FZ7b-93.2; E365|
O Melancholy Magdalen behold the morning breaks
FZ7b-93.3; E365|
Gird on thy flaming Zone. descend into the Sepulcher
FZ7b-93.4; E365|
Scatter the blood from thy golden brow the tears from thy silver locks
FZ7b-93.5; E365|
Shake off the waters from thy wings & the dust from thy white garments
FZ7b-93.6; E365|
Remember all thy feigned terrors on the secret Couch
FZ7b-93.7; E365|
When the sun rose in glowing morn with arms of mighty hosts
FZ7b-93.8; E365|
Marching to battle who was wont to rise with Urizens harps
t817
FZ7b-93.9; E365|
Girt as a Sower with his seed to scatter life abroad
FZ7b-93.10; E365|
Arise O Vala bring the bow of Urizen bring the sift arrows of light
FZ7b-93.11; E365|
How ragd the golden horses of Urizen bound to the chariot of Love
FZ7b-93.12; E365|
Compelld to leave the plow to the Ox to snuff up the winds of desolation
FZ7b-93.13; E365|
To trample the corn fields in boastful neighings. this is no gentle harp
FZ7b-93.14; E365|
This is no warbling brook nor Shadow of a Myrtle tree
FZ7b-93.15; E365|
But blood & wounds & dismal cries & clarions of war
FZ7b-93.16; E365|
And hearts laid open to the light by the broad grizly sword
FZ7b-93.17; E365|
And bowels hidden in hammerd steel rippd forth upon the Ground
t818
FZ7b-93.18; E365|
Call forth thy Smiles of soft deceit call forth thy cloudy tears
FZ7b-93.19; E365|
We hear thy sighs in trumpets shrill when Morn shall blood renew
t819
FZ7b-93.20; E365|
So sung the demons of the deep the Clarions of war blew loud
t820
FZ7b-93.21; E365|
Orc rent her & his human form consumd in his own fires
FZ7b-93.22; E365|
Mingled with her dolorous members strewn thro the Abyss
FZ7b-93.23; E365|
She joyd in all the Conflict Gratified & drinking tears of woe
FZ7b-93.24; E365|
No more remaind of Orc but the Serpent round the tree of Mystery
FZ7b-93.25; E365|
The form of Orc was gone he reard his serpent bulk among
FZ7b-93.26; E365|
The stars of Urizen in Power rending the form of life t821
FZ7b-93.27; E365|
Into a formless indefinite & strewing her on the Abyss
FZ7b-93.28; E365|
Like clouds upon the winter sky broken with winds & thunders
FZ7b-93.29; E365|
This was to her Supreme delight The Warriors mournd disappointed
FZ7b-93.30; E365|
They go out to war with Strong Shouts & loud Clarions O Pity
FZ7b-93.31; E365|
They return with lamentations mourning & weeping
FZ7b-93.32; E365|
Invisible or visible drawn out in length or stretchd in breadth
FZ7b-93.33; E365|
The Shadowy Female varied in the War in her delight
FZ7b-93.34; E365|
Howling in discontent black & heavy uttering brute sounds
FZ7b-93.35; E365|
Wading thro fens among the slimy weeds making Lamentations
FZ7b-93.36; E365|
To decieve Tharmas in his rage to soothe his furious soul
FZ7b-93.37; E366|
To stay him in his flight that Urizen might live tho in pain
FZ7b-93.38; E366|
He said Art thou bright Enion is the Shadow of hope returnd
FZ7b-93.39; E366|
And She said Tharmas I am Vala bless thy innocent face
FZ7b-93.40; E366|
Doth Enion avoid the sight of thy blue watry eyes
FZ7b-93.41; E366|
Be not perswaded that the air knows this or the failing dew
FZ7b-93.42; E366|
Tharmas replid O Vala once I livd in a garden of delight
FZ7b-94.1; E366|
I wakend Enion in the Morning & she turnd away
FZ7b-94.2; E366|
Among the apple trees & all the gardens of delight
FZ7b-94.3; E366|
Swam like a dream before my eyes I went to seek the steps
FZ7b-94.4; E366|
Of Enion in the gardens & the shadows compassd me
FZ7b-94.5; E366|
And closd me in a watry world of woe where Enion stood
FZ7b-94.6; E366|
Trembling before me like a shadow like a mist like air
FZ7b-94.7; E366|
And she is gone & here alone I war with darkness & death
FZ7b-94.8; E366|
I hear thy voice but not thy form see. thou & all delight
FZ7b-94.9; E366|
And life appear & vanish mocking me with shadows of false hope
FZ7b-94.10; E366|
Hast thou forgot that the air listens thro all its districts telling
FZ7b-94.11; E366|
The subtlest thoughts shut up from light in chambers of the Moon
FZ7b-94.12; E366|
Tharmas. The Moon has chambers where the babes of love lie hid
FZ7b-94.13; E366|
And whence they never can be brought in all Eternity
FZ7b-94.14; E366|
Unless exposd by their vain parents. Lo him whom I love
FZ7b-94.15; E366|
Is hidden from me & I never in all Eternity
FZ7b-94.16; E366|
Shall see him Enitharmon & Ahania combind with Enion
FZ7b-94.17; E366|
Hid him in that Outrageous form of Orc which torments me for Sin
t822
FZ7b-94.18; E366|
For all my Secret faults which he brings forth upon the light
FZ7b-94.19; E366|
Of day in jealousy & blood my Children are led to Urizens war
FZ7b-94.20; E366|
Before my eyes & for every one of these I am condemnd
FZ7b-94.21; E366|
To Eternal torment in these flames for tho I have the power
FZ7b-94.22; E366|
To rise on high Yet love here binds me down & never never
FZ7b-94.23; E366|
Will I arise till him I love is loosd from this dark chain
FZ7b-94.24; E366|
Tharmas replied Vala thy Sins have lost us heaven & bliss
FZ7b-94.25; E366|
Thou art our Curse and till I can bring love into the light
t823
FZ7b-94.26; E366|
I never will depart from my great wrath
FZ7b-94.27; E366|
So Tharmas waild wrathful then rode upon the Stormy Deep t824
FZ7b-94.28; E366|
Cursing the Voice that mockd him with false hope in furious mood
FZ7b-94.29; E366|
Then She returns swift as a blight upon the infant bud
FZ7b-94.30; E366|
Howling in all the notes of woe to stay his furious rage
FZ7b-94.31; E366|
Stamping the hills wading or swimming flying furious or falling
FZ7b-94.32; E366|
Or like an Earthquake rumbling in the bowels of the earth
FZ7b-94.33; E366|
Or like a cloud beneath & like a fire flaming in high
FZ7b-94.34; E366|
Walking in pleasure of the hills or murmuring in the dales
FZ7b-94.35; E366|
Like to a rushing torrent beneath & a falling rock above
FZ7b-94.36; E366|
A thunder cloud in the south & a lulling voice heard in the north
FZ7b-94.37; E367|
And she went forth & saw the forms of Life & of delight
FZ7b-94.38; E367|
Walking on Mountains or flying in the open expanse of heaven
FZ7b-94.39; E367|
She heard sweet voices in the winds & in the voices of birds
FZ7b-94.40; E367|
That rose from waters for the waters were as the voice of Luvah
FZ7b-94.41; E367|
Not seen to her like waters or like this dark world of death
FZ7b-94.42; E367|
Tho all those fair perfections which men know only by name
FZ7b-94.43; E367|
In beautiful substantial forms appeard & served her
FZ7b-94.44; E367|
As food or drink or ornament or in delightful works
FZ7b-94.45; E367|
To build her bowers for the Elements brought forth abundantly
FZ7b-94.46; E367|
The living soul in glorious forms & every One came forth
FZ7b-94.47; E367|
Walking before her Shadowy face & bowing at her feet
FZ7b-94.48; E367|
But in vain delights were poured forth on the howling melancholy
FZ7b-94.49; E367|
For her delight the horse his proud neck bowd & his white mane
FZ7b-94.50; E367|
And the Strong Lion deignd in his mouth to wear the golden bit
FZ7b-94.51; E367|
While the far beaming Peacock waited on the fragrant wind
FZ7b-94.52; E367|
To bring her fruits of sweet delight from trees of richest wonders
FZ7b-94.53; E367|
And the strong piniond Eagle bore the fire of heaven in the night season
FZ7b-94.54; E367|
Wood & subdud into Eternal Death the Demon Lay
FZ7b-94.55; E367|
In rage against the dark despair. the howling Melancholy t825
FZ7b-87[95][1st].1; E367|
For far & wide she stretchd thro all the worlds of Urizens journey
FZ7b-87[95][1st].2; E367|
And was Ajoind to Beulah as the Polypus to the Rock
FZ7b-87[95][1st].3; E367|
Mo[u]rning the daughters of Beulah saw nor could they have sustaind
FZ7b-87[95][1st].4; E367|
The horrid sight of death & torment But the Eternal Promise
FZ7b-87[95][1st].5; E367|
They wrote on all their tombs & pillars & on every Urn
FZ7b-87[95][1st].6; E367|
These words If ye will believe your B[r]other shall rise again
FZ7b-87[95][1st].7; E367|
In golden letters ornamented with sweet labours of Love
FZ7b-87[95][1st].8; E367|
Waiting with Patience for the fulfilment of the Promise Divine
t826
FZ7b-87[95][1st].9; E367|
And all the Songs of Beulah sounded comfortable notes
FZ7b-87[95][1st].10; E367|
Not suffring doubt to rise up from the Clouds of the Shadowy Female
FZ7b-87[95][1st].11; E367|
Then myriads of the Dead burst thro the bottoms of their tombs
FZ7b-87[95][1st].12; E367|
Descending on the shadowy females clouds in Spectrous terror
FZ7b-87[95][1st].13; E367|
Beyond the Limit of Translucence on the Lake of Udan Adan
FZ7b-87[95][1st].14; E367|
These they namd Satans & in the Aggregate they namd them Satan
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].23; E367|
Then took the tree of Mystery root in the World of Los
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].24; E367|
Its topmost boughs shooting a fibre beneath Enitharmons couch
t827
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].25; E367|
The double rooted Labyrinth soon wavd around their heads
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].26; E367|
But then the Spectre enterd Los's bosom Every sigh & groan
t828
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].27; E367|
Of Enitharmon bore Urthonas Spectre on its wings
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].28; E367|
Obdurate Los felt Pity Enitharmon told the tale
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].29; E367|
Of Urthona. Los embracd the Spectre first as a brother
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].30; E367|
Then as another Self; astonishd humanizing & in tears
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].31; E367|
In Self abasement Giving up his Domineering lust
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].32; E368|
Thou never canst embrace sweet Enitharmon terrible Demon. Till
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].33; E368|
Thou art united with thy Spectre Consummating by pains & labours <pine
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].34; E368|
That mortal body & by Self annihilation back returning
t830
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].35; E368|
To Life Eternal be assurd I am thy real Self
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].36; E368|
Tho thus divided from thee & the Slave of Every passion
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].37; E368|
Of thy fierce Soul Unbar the Gates of Memory look upon me t831
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].38; E368|
Not as another but as thy real Self I am thy Spectre
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].39; E368|
Thou didst subdue me in old times by thy Immortal Strength
t832
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].40; E368|
When I was a ravning hungring & thirsting cruel lust & murder
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].41; E368|
Tho horrible & Ghastly to thine Eyes tho buried beneath
t833
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].42; E368|
The ruins of the Universe. hear what inspird I speak & be silent
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].43; E368|
If we unite in one[,] another better world will be t834
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].44; E368|
Opend within your heart & loins & wondrous brain
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].45; E368|
Threefold as it was in Eternity & this the fourth Universe
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].46; E368|
Will be Renewd by the three & consummated in Mental fires
FZ7b-95[85][2nd].47; E368|
But if thou dost refuse Another body will be prepared
FZ7a-86.1; E368|
For me & thou annihilate evaporate & be no more
FZ7a-86.2; E368|
For thou art but a form & organ of life & of thyself
FZ7a-86.3; E368|
Art nothing being Created Continually by Mercy & Love divine
FZ7a-86.4; E368|
Los furious answerd. Spectre horrible thy words astound my Ear
FZ7a-86.5; E368|
With irresistible conviction I feel I am not one of those
FZ7a-86.6; E368|
Who when convincd can still persist. tho furious.controllable
FZ7a-86.7; E368|
By Reasons power. Even I already feel a World within
FZ7a-86.8; E368|
Opening its gates & in it all the real substances
FZ7a-86.9; E368|
Of which these in the outward World are shadows which pass away
FZ7a-86.10; E368|
Come then into my Bosom & in thy shadowy arms bring with thee
FZ7a-86.11; E368|
My lovely Enitharmon. I will quell my fury & teach
FZ7a-86.12; E368|
Peace to the Soul of dark revenge & repentance to Cruelty
FZ7a-86.13; E368|
So spoke Los & Embracing Enitharmon & the Spectre
FZ7a-86.14; E368|
Clouds would have folded round in Extacy & Love uniting
FZ7a-87.1; E368|
But Enitharmon trembling fled & hid beneath Urizens tree
FZ7a-87.2; E368|
But mingling together with his Spectre the Spectre of Urthona
t835
FZ7a-87.3; E368|
Wondering beheld the Center opend by Divine Mercy inspired
t836
FZ7a-87.4; E368|
He in his turn Gave Tasks to Los Enormous to destroy t837
FZ7a-87.5; E368|
That body he created but in vain for Los performd Wonders of labour
FZ7a-87.6; E368|
They Builded Golgonooza Los labouring builded pillars high
t838
FZ7a-87.7; E368|
And Domes terrific in the nether heavens for beneath
FZ7a-87.8; E368|
Was opend new heavens & a new Earth beneath & within
FZ7a-87.9; E368|
Threefold within the brain within the heart within the loins
FZ7a-87.10; E368|
A Threefold Atmosphere Sublime continuous from Urthonas world
t839
FZ7a-87.11; E368|
But yet having a Limit Twofold named Satan & Adam
FZ7a-87.12; E369|
But Los stood on the Limit of Translucence weeping & trembling
FZ7a-87.13; E369|
Filled with doubts in self accusation beheld the fruit t840
FZ7a-87.14; E369|
Of Urizens Mysterious tree For Enitharmon thus spake
FZ7a-87.15; E369|
When In the Deeps beneath I gatherd of this ruddy fruit
FZ7a-87.16; E369|
It was by that I knew that I had Sinnd & then I knew
FZ7a-87.17; E369|
That without a ransom I could not be savd from Eternal death
FZ7a-87.18; E369|
That Life lives upon Death & by devouring appetite
FZ7a-87.19; E369|
All things subsist on one another thenceforth in Despair
FZ7a-87.20; E369|
I spend my glowing time but thou art strong & mighty
FZ7a-87.21; E369|
To bear this Self conviction take then Eat thou also of
FZ7a-87.22; E369|
The fruit & give me proof of life Eternal or I die
FZ7a-87.23; E369|
Then Los plucked the fruit & Eat & sat down in Despair
FZ7a-87.24; E369|
And must have given himself to death Eternal But
FZ7a-87.25; E369|
Urthonas spectre in part mingling with him comforted him
FZ7a-87.26; E369|
Being a medium between him & Enitharmon But This Union
FZ7a-87.27; E369|
Was not to be Effected without Cares & Sorrows & Troubles
FZ7a-87.28; E369|
Of six thousand Years of self denial and of bitter Contrition
t841
FZ7a-87.29; E369|
Urthonas Spectre terrified beheld the Spectres of the Dead
FZ7a-87.30; E369|
Each Male formd without a counterpart without a concentering vision
FZ7a-87.31; E369|
The Spectre of Urthona wept before Los Saying I am the cause
FZ7a-87.32; E369|
That this dire state commences I began the dreadful state
FZ7a-87.33; E369|
Of Separation & on my dark head the curse & punishment
FZ7a-87.34; E369|
Must fall unless a way be found to Ransom & Redeem t842
FZ7a-87.35; E369|
But I have thee my [Counterpart Vegetating] miraculous
t843
FZ7a-87.36; E369|
These Spectres have no [Counter(parts)] therefore they ravin
FZ7a-87.37; E369|
Without the food of life Let us Create them Coun[terparts]
FZ7a-87.38; E369|
For without a Created body the Spectre is Eternal Death
FZ7a-87.39; E369|
Los trembling answerd Now I feel the weight of stern repentance
FZ7a-87.40; E369|
Tremble not so my Enitharmon at the awful gates
FZ7a-87.41; E369|
Of thy poor broken Heart I see thee like a shadow withering
FZ7a-87.42; E369|
As on the outside of Existence but look! behold! take comfort!
FZ7a-87.43; E369|
Turn inwardly thine Eyes & there behold the Lamb of God
FZ7a-87.44; E369|
Clothed in Luvahs robes of blood descending to redeem
FZ7a-87.45; E369|
O Spectre of Urthona take comfort O Enitharmon
FZ7a-87.46; E369|
Couldst thou but cease from terror & trembling & affright
FZ7a-87.47; E369|
When I appear before thee in forgiveness of ancient injuries
t844
FZ7a-87.48; E369|
Why shouldst thou remember & be afraid. I surely have died in pain
FZ7a-87.49; E369|
Often enough to convince thy jealousy & fear & terror
t845
FZ7a-87.50; E369|
Come hither be patient let us converse together because
FZ7a-87.51; E369|
I also tremble at myself & at all my former life
FZ7a-87.52; E369|
Enitharmon answerd I behold the Lamb of God descending
FZ7a-87.53; E369|
To Meet these Spectres of the Dead I therefore fear that he
FZ7a-87.54; E370|
Will give us to Eternal Death fit punishment for such
FZ7a-87.55; E370|
Hideous offenders Uttermost extinction in eternal pain
FZ7a-87.56; E370|
An ever dying life of stifling & obstruction shut out
FZ7a-87.57; E370|
Of existence to be a sign & terror to all who behold
FZ7a-87.58; E370|
Lest any should in futurity do as we have done in heaven
FZ7a-87.59; E370|
Such is our state nor will the Son of God redeem us but destroy
FZ7a-98[90].1; E370|
So Enitharmon spoke trembling & in torrents of tears
FZ7a-98[90].2; E370|
Los sat in Golgonooza in the Gate of Luban where t847
FZ7a-98[90].3; E370|
He had erected many porches where branchd the Mysterious Tree
t848
FZ7a-98[90].4; E370|
Where the Spectrous dead wail & sighing thus he spoke to Enitharmon
FZ7a-98[90].5; E370|
Lovely delight of Men Enitharmon shady refuge from furious war
t849
FZ7a-98[90].6; E370|
Thy bosom translucent is a soft repose for the weeping souls
FZ7a-98[90].7; E370|
Of those piteous victims of battle there they sleep in happy obscurity
FZ7a-98[90].8; E370|
They feed upon our life we are their victims. Stern desire
FZ7a-98[90].9; E370|
I feel to fabricate embodied semblances in which the dead
FZ7a-98[90].10; E370|
May live before us in our palaces & in our gardens of labour
t850
FZ7a-98[90].11; E370|
Which now opend within the Center we behold spread abroad
FZ7a-98[90].12; E370|
To form a world of Sacrifice of brothers & sons & daughters
t851
FZ7a-98[90].13; E370|
To comfort Orc in his dire sufferings[;] look[!] my fires enlume afresh
FZ7a-98[90].14; E370|
Before my face ascending with delight as in ancient times
FZ7a-98[90].15; E370|
Enitharmon spread her beaming locks upon the wind & said
FZ7a-98[90].16; E370|
O Lovely terrible Los wonder of Eternity O Los my defence & guide
t852
FZ7a-98[90].17; E370|
Thy works are all my joy. & in thy fires my soul delights
FZ7a-98[90].18; E370|
If mild they burn in just proportion & in secret night
FZ7a-98[90].19; E370|
And silence build their day in shadow of soft clouds & dews
FZ7a-98[90].20; E370|
Then I can sigh forth on the winds of Golgonooza piteous forms
FZ7a-98[90].21; E370|
That vanish again into my bosom but if thou my Los
FZ7a-98[90].22; E370|
Wilt in sweet moderated fury. fabricate forms sublime t853
FZ7a-98[90].23; E370|
Such as the piteous spectres may assimilate themselves into
FZ7a-98[90].24; E370|
They shall be ransoms for our Souls that we may live
FZ7a-98[90].25; E370|
So Enitharmon spoke & Los his hands divine inspired began
t854
FZ7a-98[90].26; E370|
To modulate his fires studious the loud roaring flames
FZ7a-98[90].27; E370|
He vanquishd with the strength of Art bending their iron points
FZ7a-98[90].28; E370|
And drawing them forth delighted upon the winds of Golgonooza
t855
FZ7a-98[90].29; E370|
From out the ranks of Urizens war & from the fiery lake
FZ7a-98[90].30; E370|
Of Orc bending down as the binder of the Sheaves follows
FZ7a-98[90].31; E370|
The reaper in both arms embracing the furious raging flames
FZ7a-98[90].32; E370|
Los drew them forth out of the deeps planting his right foot firm
FZ7a-98[90].33; E370|
Upon the Iron crag of Urizen thence springing up aloft
FZ7a-98[90].34; E370|
Into the heavens of Enitharmon in a mighty circle
FZ7a-98[90].35; E370|
And first he drew a line upon the walls of shining heaven
FZ7a-98[90].36; E370|
And Enitharmon tincturd it with beams of blushing love
FZ7a-98[90].37; E371|
It remaind permanent a lovely form inspird divinely human
FZ7a-98[90].38; E371|
Dividing into just proportions Los unwearied labourd
FZ7a-98[90].39; E371|
The immortal lines upon the heavens till with sighs of love
FZ7a-98[90].40; E371|
Sweet Enitharmon mild Entrancd breathd forth upon the wind
FZ7a-98[90].41; E371|
The spectrous dead Weeping the Spectres viewd the immortal works
FZ7a-98[90].42; E371|
Of Los Assimilating to those forms Embodied & Lovely
FZ7a-98[90].43; E371|
In youth & beauty in the arms of Enitharmon mild reposing
FZ7a-98[90].44; E371|
First Rintrah & then Palamabron drawn from out the ranks of war
FZ7a-98[90].45; E371|
In infant innocence reposd on Enitharmons bosom
FZ7a-98[90].46; E371|
Orc was comforted in the deeps his soul revivd in them
FZ7a-98[90].47; E371|
As the Eldest brother is the fathers image So Orc became <856>
FZ7a-98[90].48; E371|
As Los a father to his brethren & he joyd in the dark lake
FZ7a-98[90].49; E371|
Tho bound with chains of Jealousy & in scales of iron & brass
FZ7a-98[90].50; E371|
But Los loved them & refusd to Sacrifice their infant limbs
FZ7a-98[90].51; E371|
And Enitharmons smiles & tears prevaild over self protection
FZ7a-98[90].52; E371|
They rather chose to meet Eternal death than to destroy
FZ7a-98[90].53; E371|
The offspring of their Care & Pity Urthonas spectre was comforted
FZ7a-98[90].54; E371|
But Tharmas most rejoicd in hope of Enions return
FZ7a-98[90].55; E371|
For he beheld new Female forms born forth upon the air
FZ7a-98[90].56; E371|
Who wove soft silken veils of covering in sweet rapturd trance
FZ7a-98[90].57; E371|
Mortal & not as Enitharmon without a covering veil
FZ7a-98[90].58; E371|
First his immortal spirit drew Urizen[s] Shadow away t857
FZ7a-98[90].59; E371|
From out the ranks of war separating him in sunder
FZ7a-98[90].60; E371|
Leaving his Spectrous form which could not be drawn away
FZ7a-98[90].61; E371|
Then he divided Thiriel the Eldest of Urizens sons
FZ7a-98[90].62; E371|
Urizen became Rintrah Thiriel became Palamabron
FZ7a-98[90].63; E371|
Thus dividing the powers of Every Warrior
FZ7a-98[90].64; E371|
Startled was Los he found his Enemy Urizen now
FZ7a-98[90].65; E371|
In his hands. he wonderd that he felt love & not hate
FZ7a-98[90].66; E371|
His whole soul loved him he beheld him an infant
FZ7a-98[90].67; E371|
Lovely breathd from Enitharmon he trembled within himself
FZ7a-98[90].68; E371|
End of The Seventh Night
