I went not forth : I hid myself on black clouds of my wrath : 33
I call'd the stars around my feet in the night of councils dark,
The stars threw down their spears & fled naked away.
We fell. I siez'd thee, dark Urthona, In my left hand falling.
I siez'd thee, beauteous Luvah ; thou art faded like a flower, 37
And like a lilly is thy wife Vala, wither'd by winds.
When thou didst bear the golden cup at the immortal tables
Thy children smote their fiery wings, crown'd with the gold of heaven.
Thy pure feet step'd on the steps divine, too pure for other feet, 41
And thy fair locks shadow'd thine eyes from the divine effulgence.
Then thou didst keep with Strong Urthona the living gates of heaven ;
But now thou art bow'd down with him, even to the gates of hell.
Because thou gavest Urizen the wine of the Almighty 45
For steeds of Light, that they might run in thy golden chariot of pride,
I gave to thee the Steeds. I pour'd the stolen wine,
And, drunken with the immortal draught, fell from my throne sublime.
I will arise, Explore these dens, & find that deep pulsation 49
That shakes my caverns with strong Shudders ; perhaps this is the night
Of Prophecy, & Luvah hath burst his way from Enitharmon.
When Thought is clos'd in Caves, Then love shall shew its
root in deepest Hell.
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