"perhaps this is the night / Of Prophecy & Luvah hath burst his way from Enitharmon / When Thought is closd in Caves. Then love shall shew its root in deepest Hell"

— Blake, William (1757-1827)

Author

Blake, William (1757-1827)

Work Title

The Four Zoas: the Torments of Love & Jealousy in The Death and Judgement of Albion the Ancient Man

Date
w. 1797-1807, published 1893
Metaphor
"perhaps this is the night / Of Prophecy & Luvah hath burst his way from Enitharmon / When Thought is closd in Caves. Then love shall shew its root in deepest Hell"
Metaphor in Context
I will arise Explore these dens & find that deep pulsation That shakes my caverns with strong shudders. perhaps this is the night Of Prophecy & Luvah hath burst his way from Enitharmon When Thought is closd in Caves. Then love shall shew its root in deepest Hell
Categories
Uncategorized::Cave
Provenance
Searching "thought" and "cave" in HDIS (Poetry)
Date of Entry
01/18/2006

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.