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Lettered inside image, upper right: "12"; upper center, from left to right: "For God speaketh once yea twice | & Man percieveth it not | In a Dream in a Vision of the Night | in deep Slumberings upon the bed | Then he openeth the ears of Men & sealeth their instruction | For his eyes are upon | the ways of Man & he observeth | all his goings | That he may withdraw Man from his purpose | & hide Pride from Man | If there be with him an Interpreter One among a Thousand | then he is gracious unto him | & saith Deliver him from going down to the Pit | I have found a Ransom"; lower center: "I am young & ye are very Old wherefore I was afraid | Lo all these things worketh God oftentimes with Man to bring | back his Soul from the pit to be enlightened | with the light of the living | Look upon the heavens & behold the clouds | which are higher | than thou | If thou sinnest what | doest thou against him or if thou be | righteous what givest thou unto him | WBlake invenit & sculpt"; lower center: "London Published as the Act directs March 8:1825 by Willm Blake N 3 Fountain Court Strand"; lower right: "Proof"