“Of Fancy, when our Hearts remain below?”[Samson Brings Down the Temple] (Night IX, page

“Of Fancy, when our Hearts remain below?”[Samson Brings Down the Temple] (Night IX, page 119)William Blake (British; 1757–1827)1795–97Illustration to Night Thoughts by Edward Young (English; 1683–1765)Pen and grey ink, with grey wash and watercolor The British Museum, London | © Trustees of the British MuseumOf Fancy, when our Hearts remain below?Virtue abounds in Flatterers, and Foes; ’Tis Pride, to praise her; Penance to perform. To more than Words, to more than Worth of Tongue, Lorenzo! rise, at this auspicious Hour; An Hour, when Heaven’s most intimate with Man; When, like a fallen Star, the Ray Divine Glides swift into the Bosom of the Just; And Just are all, determin’d to reclaim; Which sets that Title high within thy Reach. Awake, then: Thy Philander calls: Awake! Thou, who shalt wake, when the Creation sleeps; When, like a Taper, all these Suns expire; When Time, like Him of Gaza in his Wrath, Plucking the Pillars that support the World, In Nature’s ample Ruins lies entomb’d; And Midnight, Universal Midnight! reigns. -- source link

More pics about