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The Book of Urizen · 1794

Chap. IV

by William Blake 1757–1827


Los, smitten with astonishment,
Frighten'd at the hurtling bones

And at the surging, sulphureous,
Perturbed, immortal, mad raging

In whirlwinds, and pitch, and nitre
Round the furious limbs of Los.

And Los formed nets and gins,
And threw the nets round about.

He watch'd in shudd'ring fear
The dark changes, and bound every change
With rivets of iron and brass.

And these were the changes of Urizen: —

MLA

Blake, William. The Book of Urizen, Chap. IV. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/book-of-urizen/4/.

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