Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion/Plate 49

by William Blake

Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion, copy E, object 49, "The secret coverts of Albion & the hidden places of America..."

[ PLATE 49 ]

The secret coverts of Albion & the hidden places of AmericaJerusalem Jerusalem! why wilt thou turn awayCome ye O Daughters of Beulah, lament for Og & SihonUpon the Lakes of Ireland from Rathlin to Baltimore:5Stand ye upon the Dargle from Wicklow to DroghedaCome & mourn over Albion the White Cliff of the AtlanticThe Mountain of Giants: all the Giants of Albion are becomeWeak! witherd! darkend! & Jerusalem is cast forth from Albion.They deny that they ever knew Jerusalem, or ever dwelt in Shiloh10The Gigantic roots & twigs of the vegetating Sons of AlbionFilld with the little-ones are consumed in the Fires of their AltarsThe vegetating Cities are burned & consumed from the Earth:And the Bodies in which all Animals & Vegetations, the Earth & HeavenWere containd in the All Glorious Imagination are witherd & darkend;15The golden Gate of Havilah, and all the Garden of God,Was caught up with the Sun in one day of fury and war:The Lungs, the Heart, the Liver, shrunk away far distant from ManAnd left a little slimy substance floating upon the tides.In one night the Atlantic Continent was caught up with the Moon,20And became an Opake Globe far distant clad with moony beams.The Visions of Eternity, by reason of narrowed perceptions,Are become weak Visions of Time & Space, fix'd into furrows of death;Till deep dissimulation is the only defence an honest man has leftO Polypus of Death O Spectre over Europe and Asia25Withering the Human Form by Laws of Sacrifice for SinBy Laws of Chastity & Abhorrence I am witherd up.Striving to Create a Heaven in which all shall be pure & holyIn their Own Selfhoods, in Natural Selfish Chastity to banish PityAnd dear Mutual Forgiveness; & to become One Great Satan30Inslavd to the most powerful Selfhood: to murder the Divine HumanityIn whose sight all are as the dust & who chargeth his Angels with folly!Ah! weak & wide astray! Ah shut in narrow doleful form!Creeping in reptile flesh upon the bosom of the ground!The Eye of Man, a little narrow orb, closd up & dark,35Scarcely beholding the Great Light; conversing with the [Void]:The Ear, a little shell, in small volutions shutting outTrue Harmonies, & comprehending great, as very small:The Nostrils, bent down to the earth & clos'd with senseless flesh.That odours cannot them expand, nor joy on them exult:40The Tongue, a little moisture fills, a little food it cloys,A little sound it utters, & its cries are faintly heard,

Therefore they are removed: therefore they have taken rootIn Egypt & Philistea: in Moab & Edom & Aram:In the Erythrean Sea their Uncircu[m]cision in Heart & Loins45Be lost for ever & ever. then they shall arise from Self,By Self Annihilation into Jerusalems Courts & into ShilohShiloh the Masculine Emanation among the Flowers of BeulahLo Shiloh dwells over trance, as Jerusalem dwells over AlbionBuild & prepare a Wall & Curtain for Americas shore!50Rush on: Rush on! Rush on! ye vegetating Sons of AlbionThe Sun shall go before you in Day: the Moon shall goBefore you in Night. Come on! Come on! Come on! The LordJehovah is before, behind, above, beneath, aroundHe has builded the arches of Albions Tomb binding the Stars55In merciful Order, bending the Laws of Cruelty to Peace.He hath placed Og & Anak, the Giants of Albion for their Guards:Building the Body of Moses in the Valley of Peor: the BodyOf Divine Analogy; and Og & Sihon in the tears of BalaamThe Son of Beor, have given their power to Joshua & Caleb.60Remove from Albion, far remove these terrible surfaces.They are beginning to form Heavens & Hells in immenseCircles: the Hells for food to the Heavens: food of torment,Food of despair: they drink the condemnd Soul & rejoiceIn cruel holiness, in their Heavens of Chastity & Uncircumcision65Yet they are blameless & Iniquity must be imputed onlyTo the State they are enterd into that they may be deliverd:Satan is the State of Death, & not a Human existence:But Luvah is named Satan, because he has enterd that State.A World where Man is by Nature the enemy of Man70Because the Evil is Created into a State. that MenMay be deliverd time after time evermore. Amen.Learn therefore O Sisters to distinguish the Eternal HumanThat walks about among the stones of fire in bliss & woeAlternate! from those States or Worlds in which the Spirit travels:75This is the only means to Forgiveness of Enemies[.]Therefore remove from Albion these terrible SurfacesAnd let wild seas & rocks close up Jerusalem away from

Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion, copy A, object 49, "The secret coverts of Albion & the hidden places of America..."