"Urizen lay in darkness & solitude, in chains of the mind lock'd up."
— Blake, William (1757-1827)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
William Blake
Date
c. 1804-1811, 1818
Metaphor
"Urizen lay in darkness & solitude, in chains of the mind lock'd up."
Metaphor in Context
Urizen lay in darkness & solitude, in chains of the mind lock'd up
Los siezd his Hammer & Tongs; he labourd at his resolute Anvil
Among indefinite Druid rocks & snows of doubt & reasoning.
(Bentley b, Erdman 3, Keynes b)
Los siezd his Hammer & Tongs; he labourd at his resolute Anvil
Among indefinite Druid rocks & snows of doubt & reasoning.
(Bentley b, Erdman 3, Keynes b)
Categories
Citation
William Blake, Milton a Poem ([London], 1804). <Link to works in the Blake Archive>
Date of Entry
07/14/2011
