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At the top is a large star,
then a large MILTON and the
MILTON
Book the First
At the top is a large star,
which is said to represent
Milton, then MILTON, Book
the First.
Daughters of Beulah! Muses who inspire the Poets Song
Record the journey of immortal Milton thro' your Realms Of terror & mild moony lustre, in soft sexual delusions Of varied beauty, to delight the wanderer and repose His burning thirst & freezing hunger!
The 'immortal Milton' has left Heaven for the time beingand entered the realm of Beulah, but not to rest, as some
do, but for the specific purpose of fixing what was wrong
in his former life.
................................... Come into my hand
By your mild power; descending down the Nerves of my right arm
From out the Portals of my Brain, where by your ministry The Eternal Great Humanity Divine. planted his Paradise,
This is a sardonic reference to the Creation according to the
Bible.
And in it caus'd the Spectres of the Dead to take sweet forms In likeness of himself. Tell also of the False Tongue! vegetated Beneath your land of shadows: of its sacrifices. and its offerings;
By the False Tongue Blake meant among other things the religious
establishment of Britain, especially the mercenary bishops with
the sacrifices and offerings which they extort from the underlings.
even till Jesus, the image of the Invisible God
Became its prey; a curec, an offering, and an atonement,
They were and are responsible for the suffering and death of Jesus
For Death Eternal in the heavens of Albion, & before the Gates Of Jerusalem his Emanation, in the heavens beneath Beulah Say first! what mov'd Milton, who walkd about in Eternity One hundred years, pondring the intricate mazes of Providence Unhappy tho in heav'n, he obey'd, he murmur'd not. he was silent Viewing his Sixfold Emanation scatter'd thro' the deep
Milton was not happy in Heaven because of his guilt feelings re
his former life. So he went back to fix things.
In torment! To go into the deep her to redeem & himself perish? What cause at length mov'd Milton to this unexampled deed[?] t A Bards prophetic Song! for sitting at eternal tables, Terrific among the Sons of Albion in chorus solemn & loud A Bard broke forth! all sat attentive to the awful man. Mark well my words! they are of your eternal salvation: Three Classes are Created by the Hammer of Los, & Woven PLATE 3 By Enitharmons Looms
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