Milton Plate 15 [17] Erdman 109-10:
First Milton saw Albion upon the Rock of Ages,
Deadly pale outstretchd and snowy cold, storm coverd;
A Giant form of perfect beauty outstretchd on the rock
In solemn death: the Sea of Time & Space thunderd aloud
Against the rock, which was inwrapped with the weeds of death
Hovering over the cold bosom, in its vortex Milton bent down
To the bosom of death, what was underneath soon seemd above.
A cloudy heaven mingled with stormy seas in loudest ruin;
But as a wintry globe descends precipitant thro' Beulah bursting,
With thunders loud and terrible: so Miltons shadow fell
Precipitant loud thundring into the Sea of Time & Space.
Blake's Myth Again has a detailed description of the image above. It's taken from Homer's Cave of the Nymphs.
In Matthew 7:13-14 Jesus spoke of two gates, a wide one that leads to destruction and the narrow one and the narrow one that leads to life.
Deadly pale outstretchd and snowy cold, storm coverd;
A Giant form of perfect beauty outstretchd on the rock
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| New York Public Library Milton Copy C, Plate 38 |
Against the rock, which was inwrapped with the weeds of death
Hovering over the cold bosom, in its vortex Milton bent down
To the bosom of death, what was underneath soon seemd above.
A cloudy heaven mingled with stormy seas in loudest ruin;
But as a wintry globe descends precipitant thro' Beulah bursting,
With thunders loud and terrible: so Miltons shadow fell
Precipitant loud thundring into the Sea of Time & Space.
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| wiki-common Sea of Time and Space |
In Matthew 7:13-14 Jesus spoke of two gates, a wide one that leads to destruction and the narrow one and the narrow one that leads to life.
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