| William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908. | | | | Selections from ‘The Four Zoas’ | | [A Vision of Eternity] |
| | (Four Zoas, Night II, ll. 107–12.)
ETERNITY 1 appear’d above them as One Man, enfolded | |
| In Luvah’s robes of blood, and bearing all his afflictions: | |
| As the sun shines down on the misty earth, such was the Vision. | |
| But purple Night, and crimson Morning, and golden Day, descending | |
| Thro’ the clear changing atmosphere, display’d green fields among | 5 |
| The varying clouds, like Paradises stretch’d in the expanse, | |
| With towns, and villages, and temples, tents, sheep-folds and pastures, | |
| Where dwell the children of the Elemental worlds in harmony. | |
| | | Note 1. A Vision of Eternity] Cp. the lines in a letter to Butts, dated Felpham, Oct. 2, 1800. [back] | | |
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