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William Blake - Milton: The Sky is an Immortal Tent Built by the Sons of LosWilliam Blake - Milton: The Sky is an Immortal Tent Built by the Sons of Los
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The sky is an immortal tent built by the Sons of Los:     And every space that a man views around his dwelling-place     Standing on his own roof or in his garden on a mount     Of twenty-five cubits in height, such space is his universe:     And on its verge the sun rises and sets, the clouds bow     To meet the flat earth and the sea in such an order`d space:     The starry heavens reach no further, but here bend and set     On all sides, and the two Poles turn on their valves of gold:     And if he moves his dwelling-place, his heavens also move    Where`er he goes, and all his neighbourhood bewail his loss.    Such are the spaces called Earth and such its dimension.    As to that false appearance which appears to the reasoner    As of a globe rolling through voidness, it is a delusion of Ulro.    The microscope knows not of this nor the telescope: they alter    The ratio of the spectator`s organs, but leave objects untouch`d.    For every space larger than a red globule of Man`s blood    Is visionary, and is created by the Hammer of Los;    And every space smaller than a globule of Man`s blood opens    Into Eternity of which this vegetable Earth is but a shadow.    The red globule is the unwearied sun by Los created    To measure time and space to mortal men every morning.
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