| William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908. | | | | Selections from ‘Milton’ | | [Los] |
| | (Milton, f. 20, ll. 15–25.)
I AM that Shadowy Prophet, who, six thousand years ago, | |
| Fell from my station in the Eternal bosom. Six thousand years | |
| Are finish’d. I return! Both Time and Space obey my will. | |
| I in six thousand years walk up and down; for not one moment | |
| Of Time is lost, nor one event of Space unpermanent; | 5 |
| But all remain; every fabric of six thousand years | |
| Remains permanent: tho’ on the Earth, where Satan | |
| Fell and was cut off, all things vanish and are seen no more, | |
| They vanish not from me and mine; we guard them first and last. | |
| The Generations of Men run on in the tide of Time, | 10 |
| But leave their destin’d lineaments permanent for ever and ever. | | | | |
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