The First Book of Urizen

by William Blake

VIII.





6. Cold he wander'd on high, over their cities
In weeping & pain & Woe;
And wherever he wander'd, in sorrows
Upon the aged heavens,
A cold shadow follow'd behind him
Like a spider's web, moist, cold & dim,
Drawing out from his sorrowing soul,
The dungeon-like heaven dividing,
Where ever the footsteps of Urizen
Walked over the cities in sorrow ;

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