# Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion/Plate 71

Written and etched 1804-1820. Source: Blake: The Complete Poetry & Prose (David. V. Erdman) In the internet: www.blakearchive.org
* PLATE 71
* And above Albions Land was seen the Heavenly Canaan
* As the Substance is to the Shadow: and above Albions Twelve Sons
* Were seen Jerusalems Sons: and all the Twelve Tribes spreading
* Over Albion. As the Soul is to the Body, so Jerusalems Sons,
* 5 Are to the Sons of Albion: and Jerusalem is Albions Emanation
* What is Above is Within, for every-thing in Eternity is translucent:
* The Circumference is Within: Without, is formed the Selfish Center
* And the Circumference still expands going forward to Eternity.
* And the Center has Eternal States! these States we now explore.
* 10 And these the Names of Albions Twelve Sons, & of his Twelve Daughters
* With their Districts. Hand dwelt in Selsey & had Sussex & Surrey
* And Kent & Middlesex: all their Rivers & their Hills, of flocks & herds:
* Their Villages Towns Cities Sea-Ports Temples sublime Cathedrals;
* All were his Friends & their Sons & Daughters intermarry in Beulah
* 15 For all are Men in Eternity. Rivers Mountains Cities Villages,
* All are Human & when you enter into their Bosoms you walk
* In Heavens & Earths; as in your own Bosom you bear your Heaven
* And Earth, & all you behold, tho it appears Without it is Within
* In your Imagination of which this World of Mortality is but a Shadow.
* 20 Hyle dwelt in Winchester comprehending Hants Dorset Devon Cornwall.
* Their Villages Cities SeaPorts, their Corn fields & Gardens spacious
* Palaces, Rivers & Mountains, and between Hand & Hyle arose
* Gwendolen & Cambel who is Boadicea: they go abroad & return
* Like lovely beams of light from the mingled affections of the Brothers
* 25 The Inhabitants of the whole Earth rejoice in their beautiful light.
* Coban dwelt in Bath. Somerset Wiltshire Gloucestershire,
* Obeyd his awful voice Ignoge is his lovely Emanation;
* She adjoind with Gwantokes Children, soon lovely Cordella arose.
* Gwantoke forgave & joyd over South Wales & all its Mountains.
* 30 Peachey had North Wales Shropshire Cheshire & the Isle of Man.
* His Emanation is Mehetabel terrible & lovely upon the Mountains
* Brertun had Yorkshire Durham Westmoreland & his Emanation
* Is Ragan, she adjoind to Slade, & produced Gonorill far beaming.
* Slade had Lincoln Stafford Derby Nottingham & his lovely
* 35 Emanation Gonorill rejoices over hills & rocks & woods & rivers.
* Huttn had Warwick Northampton Bedford Buckingham
* Leicester & Berkshire: & his Emanation is Gwinefred beautiful
* Skofeld had Ely Rutland Cambridge Huntingdon Norfolk
* Suffolk Hartford & Essex: & his Emanation is Gwinevera
* 40 Beautiful, she beams towards the east, all kinds of precious stones
* And pearl, with instruments Of music in holy Jerusalem
* Kox had Oxford Warwick Wilts: his Emanation is Estrild:
* Joind with Cordella she shines southward over the Atlantic.
* Kotope had Hereford Stafford Worcester, & his Emanation
* 45 Is Sabrina joind with Mehetabel she shines west over America
* Bowen had all Scotland, the Isles, Northumberland & Cumberland
* His Emanation is Conwenna, she shines a triple form
* Over the north with pearly beams gorgeous & terrible
* Jerusalem & Vala rejoice in Bowen & Conwenna.
* 50 But the Four Sons of Jerusalem that never were Generated
* Are Rintrah and Palamabron and Theotormon and Bromion. They
* Dwell over the Four Provinces of Ireland in heavenly light
* The Four Universities of Scotland, & in Oxford & Cambridge & Winchester
* But now Albion is darkened & Jerusalem lies in ruins:
* 55 Above the Mountains of Albion, above the head of Los.
* And Los shouted with ceaseless shoutings & his tears poured down
* His immortal cheeks, rearing his hands to heaven for aid Divine!
* But he spoke not to Albion: fearing lest Albion should turn his Back
* Against the Divine Vision: & fall over the Precipice of Eternal Death.
* 60 But he receded before Albion & before Vala weaving the Veil
* With the iron shuttle of War among the rooted Oaks of Albion;
* Weeping & shouting to the Lord day & night; and his Children
* Wept round him as a flock silent Seven Days of Eternity