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Inscribed in orange ink, upper right: "30"

Lettered inside image: "And the Two that escaped were the Emanation of Los & his | Spectre: for where ever the Emanation goes, the Spectre | Attends her as her Guard, & Los's Emanation is named | Enitharmon, & his Spectre is named Urthona: they knew | Not where to flee: they had been on a visit to Albion's Children: | And they strove to weave a Shadow of the Emanation | To hide themselves: weeping & lamenting for the Vegetation | Of Albion's Children; fleeing thro Albion's vales in streams of gore. | Being not irritated by insult, bearing insulting benevolences, | They percieved that corporeal friends are spiritual enemies : | They saw the Sexual Religion in its embryon Uncircumcision. | And the Divine hand was upon them bearing them thro' darkness, | Back safe to their Humanity as doves to their windows: | Therefore the Sons of Eden praise Urthona's Spectre in Songs | Because he kept the Divine Vision in time of trouble. | They wept & trembled: & Los put forth his hand, & took them in, | Into his Bosom; from which Albion shrunk in dismal pain; | Bending the fibres of Brotherhood, & in Feminine Allegories | Inclosing Los; but the Divine Vision appear'd with Los, | Following Albion into his Central Void among his Oaks. | And Los prayed and said, O Divine Saviour arise | Upon the Mountains of Albion as in ancient time. Behold! | The Cities of Albion seek thy face, London groans in pain | From Hill to Hill & the Thames laments along the Valleys: | The little Villages of Middlesex & Surrey hunger & thirst: | The Twenty -eight Cities of Albion stretch their hands to thee, | Because of the Opressors of Albion in every City & Village: | They mock at the Labourer's limbs! they mock at his starv'd Children. | They buy his Daughters that they may have power to sell his Sons; | They compell the Poor to live upon a crust of bread by soft mild arts; | They reduce the Man to want, then give with pomp & ceremony. | The praise of Jehovah is chaunted from lips of hunger & thirst. | Humanity knows not of Sex: wherefore are Sexes in Beulah? | In Beulah the Female lets down her beautiful Tabernacle, | Which the Male enters magnificent between her Cherubim, | And becomes One with her, mingling, condensing in Self-love, | The Rocky law of Condemnation & double Generation, & Death. | Albion hath enter 'd the Loins, the place of the Last Judgment: | And Luvah hath drawn the Curtains around Albion in Vala's bosom. | The Dead awake to Generation! Arise O Lord, & rend the Veil! | So Los in lamentations follow'd Albion. Albion cover'd | His..."