| William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908. | | | | Selections from ‘Milton’ | | [The Sea of Time and Space] |
| | (Milton, f. 14, ll. 36–46.)
FIRST Milton saw Albion upon the Rock of Ages, | |
| Deadly pale, outstretch’d, and snowy cold, storm-cover’d— | |
| A Giant form of perfect beauty, outstretch’d on the Rock | |
| In solemn death: the Sea of Time and Space thunder’d aloud | |
| Against the Rock, which was enwrappèd with the weeds of Death. | 5 |
| Hovering over the cold bosom in its vortex, Milton bent down | |
| To the bosom of Death: what was underneath soon seem’d above, | |
| A cloudy heaven mingled with stormy seas in loudest ruin; | |
| But as a wintry globe descends precipitant, thro’ Beulah bursting, | |
| With thunders loud and terrible, so Milton’s Shadow fell | 10 |
| Precipitant, loud thund’ring, into the Sea of Time and Space. | | | | |
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