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02		Into this pleasant Shadow all the weak & weary
03		Like Women & Children were taken away as on wings
04		Of dovelike softness, & shadowy habitations prepared for them
05		But every Man returnd & went still going forward thro'
06		The Bosom of the Father in Eternity on Eternity
07		Neither did any lack or fall into Error without
08		A Shadow to repose in all the Days of happy Eternity

09		Into this pleasant Shadow Beulah. all Ololon descended
10		And when the Daughters of Beulah heard the lamentation
11		All Beulah wept. for they saw the Lord coming in the Clouds
12		And the Shadows of Beulah terminate in rocky Albion-

13		And all Nations wept in affliction Family by Family
14		Germany wept towards France & Italy: England wept & trembled
15		Towards America: India rose up from his golden bed;
16		As one awakend in the night: they saw the Lord coming
17		In the Clouds of Ololon with Power & Great Glory!
18		And all the Living Creatures of the Four Elements, wail'd
19		With bitter wailing: these in the aggregate are named Satan
20		And Rahab: they know not of Regeneration, but only of Generation
21		The Fairies, Nymphs, Gnomes & Genii of the Four Elements
22		Unforgiving & unalterable: these cannot be Regenerated
23		But must be Created, for they know only of Generation
24		These are the Gods of the Kingdoms of the Earth: in contrarious
25		And cruel opposition: Element against Element. opposed in War
26		Not Mental, as the Wars of Eternity, but a Corporeal Strife
27	n	In Loss Halls continual labouring in the Furnaces of Golgonooza
28		Orc howls on the Atlantic: Enitharmon trembles; All Beulah weeps

29		Thou hearest the Nightingale begin the Song of Spring:
30		The Lark sitting upon his earthy bed: just as the morn
31		Appears: listens silent: then springing from the waving Corn-field! loud
32		He leads the Choir of Day! trill, trill. trill. trill.
33		Mounting upon the wings of light into the Great Expanse.
34		Reecchoing against the lovely blue & shining heavenly Shell:
35		His little throat labours with inspiration: every feather
36		On throat & breast & wings vibrates with the effluence Divine
37		All Nature listens silent to him & the awful Sun
38		Stands still upon the Mountain looking on this little Bird
39		With eyes of soft humility, & wonder love & awe.
40		Then loud from their green covert all the Birds begin their Song
41		The Thrush, the Linnet & the Goldfinch, Robin & the Wren
42		Awake the Sun from his sweet reverie upon the Mountain:
43		The Nightingale again assays his song & thro the day,
44		And thro the night warbles luxuriant: every Bird of Song
45		Attending his loud harmony with admiration & love.
46		This is a Vision of the lamentation of Beulah over Ololon!

47		Thou percievest the Flowers put forth their precious Odours!
48		And none can tell how from so small a center comes such sweets
49		Forgetting that within that Center Eternity expands
50		Its ever during doors. that Og & Anak fiercely guard
51		First eer the morning breaks joy opens in the flowery bosoms
52		Joy even to tears, which the Sun rising dries: first the Wild Thyme
53		And Meadow-sweet downy & soft waving among the reeds.
54		Light springing on the air lead the sweet Dance: they wake
55		The Honeysuckle sleeping on the Oak: the flaunting beauty
56		Revels along upon the wind; the White-thorn lovely May
57		Opens her many lovely eyes: listening the Rose still sleeps
58		None dare to wake her. soon she bursts her crimson curtaind bed
59		And comes forth in the majesty of beauty; every Flower:
60		The Pink. the Jessamine, the Wall-flower. the Carnation
61		The Jonquil, the mild Lilly opes her heavens! every Tree,
62		And Flower & Herb soon fill the air with an innumerable Dance
63		Yet all in order sweet & lovely, Men are sick with Love!
64		Such is a Vision of the lamentation of Beulah over Ololon

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