1. The Jonah of London - William Blake
... ; that he saw emblazoning a message of immensity upon the press-plate of the world, the "flat sided steep" that "frowns over the present world," the abyss of the five senses, Blake the poet prophet shall burn with corroding acids into the copper-plate cliff of the abyss infinities to be "perceived by the minds of men & read by them on earth." His messages of infinity "the world shall have whether they will ... great or overwhelming for words. How else can the beasts of Hell be but awesome and inexorable creatures of action and boldness, fearless predators that consume and hesitate not, w...
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