Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion/Plate 47

by William Blake

Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion, copy E, object 47, "From Camberwell to Highgate where the mighty Thames shudders along..."

[ PLATE 47 ]

[When Albion utterd his last words Hope is banishd from me]From Camberwell to Highgate where the mighty Thames shudders along,Where Los's Furnaces stand, where Jerusalem & Vala howl:Luvah tore forth from Albions Loins, in fibrous veins, in rivers5Of blood over Europe: a Vegetating Root in grinding pain.Animating the Dragon Temples, soon to become that Holy FiendThe Wicker Man of Scandinavia in which cruelly consumedThe Captives reard to heaven howl in flames among the starsLoud the cries of War on the Rhine & Danube, with Albions Sons,10Away from Beulahs hills & vales break forth the Souls of the Dead,With cymbal, trumpet, clarion; & the scythed chariots of Britain.

And the Veil of Vala, is composed of the Spectres of the Dead

Hark! the mingling cries of Luvah with the Sons of AlbionHark! & Record the terrible wonder! that the Punisher15Mingles with his Victims Spectre, enslaved and tormentedTo him whom he has murderd, bound in vengeance & enmityShudder not, but Write, & the hand of God will assist you!Therefore I write Albions last words. Hope is banish'd from me.