"Weeping at the threshold of Existence I will steel my heart / Against thee to Eternity & never recieve thee more"
— Blake, William (1757-1827)
Author
Work Title
Date
w. 1797-1807, published 1893
Metaphor
"Weeping at the threshold of Existence I will steel my heart / Against thee to Eternity & never recieve thee more"
Metaphor in Context
Then wrath burst round the Eternal Man was wrath again he cried Arise O stony form of death O dragon of the Deeps Lie down before my feet O Dragon let Urizen arise O how couldst thou deform those beautiful proportions Of life & person for as the Person so is his life proportiond Let Luvah rage in the dark deep even to Consummation For if thou feedest not his rage it will subside in peace But if thou darest obstinate refuse my stern behest Thy crown & scepter I will sieze & regulate all my members In stern severity & cast thee out into the indefinite Where nothing lives, there to wander. & if thou returnst weary Weeping at the threshold of Existence I will steel my heart Against thee to Eternity & never recieve thee more Thy self destroying beast formd Science shall be thy eternal lot My anger against thee is greater than against this Luvah For war is energy Enslavd but thy religion The first author of this war & the distracting of honest minds Into confused perturbation & strife & honour & pride Is a deceit so detestable that I will cast thee out If thou repentest not & leave thee as a rotten branch to be burnd With Mystery the Harlot & with Satan for Ever & Ever Error can never be redeemd in all Eternity But Sin Even Rahab is redeemd in blood & fury & jealousy That line of blood that stretchd across the windows of the morning Redeemd from Errors power. Wake thou dragon of the deeps
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
06/09/2005
