Milton 2

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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 being
and 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