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William Blake - The Book of Urizen: Chapter II
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1. Earth was not: nor globes of attraction
The will of the Immortal expanded
Or contracted his all flexible senses.
Death was not, but eternal life sprung

2. The sound of a trumpet the heavens 
Awoke & vast clouds of blood roll`d
Round the dim rocks of Urizen, so nam`d
That solitary one in Immensity

3. Shrill the trumpet: & myriads of Eternity,
Muster around the bleak deserts
Now fill`d with clouds, darkness & waters
That roll`d perplex`d labring & utter`d
Words articulate, bursting in thunders
That roll`d on the tops of his mountains

4. From the depths of dark solitude. From
The eternal abode in my holiness,
Hidden set apart in my stern counsels
Reserv`d for the days of futurity,
I have sought for a joy without pain, 
For a solid without fluctuation
Why will you die O Eternals?
Why live in unquenchable burnings?
   
5. First I fought with the fire; consum`d
Inwards, into a deep world within: 
A void immense, wild dark & deep,
Where nothing was: Natures wide womb
And self balanc`d stretch`d o`er the void
I alone, even I! the winds merciless
Bound; but condensing, in torrents 
They fall & fall; strong I repell`d
The vast waves, & arose on the waters
A wide world of solid obstruction

6. Here alone I in books formd of metals
Have written the secrets of wisdom 
The secrets of dark contemplation
By fightings and conflicts dire,
With terrible monsters Sin-bred:
Which the bosoms of all inhabit;
Seven deadly Sins of the soul. 

7. Lo! I unfold my darkness: and on
This rock, place with strong hand the Book
Of eternal brass, written in my solitude.

8. Laws of peace, of love, of unity:
Of pity, compassion, forgiveness. 
Let each chuse one habitation:
His ancient infinite mansion:
One command, one joy, one desire,
One curse, one weight, one measure
One King, one God, one Law.
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