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02		And he also darkend his brows: freezing dark rocks between
03		The footsteps, and infixing deep the feet in marble beds:
04		That Milton labourd with his journey. & his feet bled sore
05		Upon the clay now chang'd to marble; also Urizen rose.
06		And met him on the shores of Arnon; & by the streams of the brooks

07		Silent they met. and silent strove among the streams of Arnon
08		Even to Mahanaim, when with cold hand Urizen stoop'd down
09		And took up water from the river Jordan: pouring on
10		To Miltons brain the icy fluid from his broad cold palm.
11		But Milton took of the red clay of Succoth. moulding it with care
12		Between his palms; and filling up the furrows of many years
13		Beginning at the feet of Urizen, and on the bones
14		Creating new flesh on the Demon cold, and building him,
15		As with new clay a Human form in the Valley of Beth Peor.

16		Four Universes round the Mundane Egg remain Chaotic
17		One to the North. named Urthona; One to the South. named Urizen;
18		One to the East, named Luvah: One to the West, named Tharmas
19		They are the Four Zoa's that stood around the Throne Divine!
20		But when Luvah assum'd the World of Urizen to the South;
21		And Albion was slain upon his mountains, & in his tent;
22		All fell towards the Center in dire ruin, sinking down.
23		And in the South remains a burning fire; in the East a void.
24		In the West, a world of raging waters; in the North a solid,
25		Unfathomable! without end, But in the midst of these,
26		Is built eternally the Universe of Los and Enitharmon:
27		Towards which Milton went, but Urizen oppos'd his path.

28		The Man and Demon strove many periods, Rahab beheld
29		Standing on Carmel; Rahab and Tirzah trembled to behold
30		The enormous strife, one giving life, the other giving death
31		To his adversary. and they sent forth all their sons & daughters
32		In all their beauty to entice Milton across the river,

33		The Twofold form Hermaphroditic: and the Double-sexed:
34		The Female-male & the Male-female, self-dividing stood
35		Before him in their beauty, & in cruelties of holiness!
36		Shining in darkness, glorious upon the deeps of Entuthon.

37		Saying. Come thou to Ephraim! behold the Kings of Canaan!
38		The beautiful Amalekites, behold the fires of youth
39		Bound with the Chain of Jealousy by Los & Enitharmon;
40		The banks of Cam: cold learnings streams: Londons dark-frowning towers;
41		Lament upon the winds of Europe in Rephaims Vale.
42		Because Ahania rent apart into a desolate night,
43		Laments! & Enion wanders like a weeping inarticulate voice
44		And Vala labours for her bread & water among the Furnaces
45		Therefore bright Tirzah triumphs! putting on all beauty,
46		And all perfection, in her cruel sports among the Victims.
47		Come bring with thee Jerusalem with songs on the Grecian Lyre!
48		In Natural Religion! in experiments on Men,
49		Let her be Offerd up to Holiness! Tirzah numbers her;
50		She numbers with her fingers every fibre ere it grow;
51		Where is the Lamb of God? where is the promise of his coming?
52		Her shadowy Sisters form the bones, even the bones of Horeb:
53		Around the marrow! and the orbed scull around the brain:
54		His Images are born for War! for Sacrifice to Tirzah:
55		To Natural Religion! to Tirzah the Daughter of Rahab the Holy!
56		She ties the knot of nervous fibres, into a white brain!
57		She ties the knot of bloody veins, into a red hot heart!
58		Within her bosom Albion lies embalmd, never to awake
59		Hand is become a rock! Sinai & Horeb, is Hyle & Coban:
60		Scofield is bound in iron armour before Reubens Gate!
61		She ties the knot of milky seed into two lovely Heavens,