[A River in Eden]. Selections from 'Milton'. William Blake. 1908. The Poetical Works

William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908.

Selections from ‘Milton’

[A River in Eden]


(Milton, f. 19, ll. 15–19.) THERE is in Eden a sweet River of milk and liquid pearl
Nam’d Ololon, on whose mild banks dwelt those who Milton drove
Down into Ulro; and they wept in long-resounding song
For seven days of Eternity, and the River’s living banks,
The mountains wail’d, and every plant that grew, in solemn sighs, lamented.	5