Versos English William Blake Plate 72

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Plate 72

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And the Thirty-two Counties of the Four Provinces of Ireland Are thus divided: The Four Counties are in the Four Camps Munster South in Reubens Gate, Connaut West in Josephs Gate Ulster North in Dans Gate, Leinster East in Judahs Gate

For Albion in Eternity has Sixteen Gates among his Pillars But the Four towards the West were Walled up & the Twelve That front the Four other Points were turned Four Square By Los for Jerusalems sake & called the Gates of Jerusalem Because Twelve Sons of Jerusalem fled successive thro the Gates But the Four Sons of Jerusalem who fled not but remaind Are Rintrah & Palamabron & Theotormon & Bromion The Four that remain with Los to guard the Western Wall And these Four remain to guard the Four Walls of Jerusalem Whose foundations remain in the Thirty-two Counties of Ireland And in Twelve Counties of Wales, & in the Forty Counties Of England & in the Thirty-six Counties of Scotland

And the names of the Thirty-two Counties of Ireland are these Under Judah & Issachar & Zebulun are Lowth Longford Eastmeath Westmeath Dublin Kildare Kings County Queens County Wicklow Catherloh Wexford Kilkenny And those under Reuben & Simeon & Levi are these Waterford Tipperary Cork Limerick Kerry Clare And those under Ephraim Manasseh & Benjamin are these Galway Roscommon Mayo Sligo Leitrim And those under Dan Asher & Napthali are these Donnegal Antrim Tyrone Fermanagh Armagh Londonderry Down Managhan Cavan. These are the Land of Erin

All these Center in London & in Golgonooza. from whence They are Created continually East & West & North & South And from them are Created all the Nations of the Earth Europe & Asia & Africa & America, in fury Fourfold!

Continually Building. Continually Decaying because of Love & Jealousy

And Thirty-two the Nations: to dwell in Jerusalems Gates O Come ye Nations Come ye People Come up to Jerusalem Return Jerusalem & dwell together as of old! Return Return! O Albion let Jerusalem overspread all Nations As in the times of old! O Albion awake! Reuben wanders The Nations wait for Jerusalem. they look up for the Bride

France Spain Italy Germany Poland Russia Sweden Turkey Arabia Palestine Persia Hindostan China Tartary Siberia Egypt Lybia Ethiopia Guinea Caffraria Negroland Morocco Congo Zaara Canada Greenland Carolina Mexico Peru Patagonia Amazonia Brazil. Thirty-two Nations And under these Thirty-two Classes of Islands in the Ocean All the Nations Peoples & Tongues throughout all the Earth

And the Four Gates of Los surround the Universe Within and Without; & whatever is visible in the Vegetable Earth, the same Is visible in the Mundane Shell; reversd in mountain & vale And a Son of Eden was set over each Daughter of Beulah to guard In Albions Tomb the wondrous Creation: & the Four-fold Gate Towards Beulah is to the South[.] Fenelon, Guion, Teresa, Whitefield & Hervey, guard that Gate; with all the gentle Souls Who guide the great Wine-press of Love; Four precious stones that Gate:

Women the comforters of Men become the Tormentors & Punishers