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- Title:
- "Her voice pierc'd Albions clay cold ear..." (Plate 95)
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Jerusalem: The Emanation of The Giant Albion, Copy E
- Date:
- 1804 to 1820
- Materials & Techniques:
- Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, white gouache, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm), Plate: 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches (20 x 14 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in orange ink, upper right: "95"
Lettered inside image: "Her voice pierc'd Albion's clay cold ear, he moved upon the Rock: | The Breath Divine went forth upon the morning hills, Albion mov'd | Upon the Rock, he open'd his eyelids in pain; in pain he mov'd | His stony members, he saw England. Ah! shall the Dead live again? | The Breath Divine went forth over the morning hills, Albion rose | In anger: the wrath of God breaking bright, flaming on all sides around | His awful limbs; into the Heavens he walked, clothed in flames | Loud thund'ring, with broad flashes of flaming lightning & pillars | Of fire, speaking the Words of Eternity in Human Forms, in direful | Revolutions of Action & Passion, thro' the Four Elements on all sides | Surrounding his awful Members. Thou seest the Sun in heavy clouds | Struggling to rise above the Mountains, in his burning hand | He takes his Bow, then chooses out his arrows of flaming gold. | Murmuring the Bowstring breathes with ardor! clouds roll round the | Horns of the wide Bow, loud sounding winds sport on the mountain brows; | Compelling Urizen to his Furrow, & Tharmas to his Sheepfold, | And Luvah to his Loom; Urthona he beheld mighty labouring at | His Anvil, in the Great Spectre Los unwearied labouring & weeping. | Therefore the Sons of Eden praise Urthona's Spectre in songs, | Because he kept the Divine Vision in time of trouble. | As the Sun & Moon lead forward the Visions of Heaven & Earth | England, who is Brittannia, enter'd Albion's bosom rejoicing, | Rejoicing in his indignation, adoring his wrathful rebuke. | She who adores not your frowns will only loathe your smiles."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.1(95)
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- flames | literary theme | men | nudes | religious and mythological subject | roots | sinews | text
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4433
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