Milton, a poem in 2 books Pl.12
19th century
William Blake didn't just write poems; he invented a wild method called 'illuminated printing' to etch text and images onto the same copper plate. This page from his epic *Milton* features dense, handwritten-style verses where the poet John Milton dramatically declares he will journey to 'Eternal Death' to save humanity from spiritual error. At the top, a small, dreamlike scene shows figures reclining in a landscape, setting the stage for the mystical text below. Blake actually claimed the ghost of Milton appeared to him in a garden, telling him he had walked in 'false paths,' which inspired this entire complex mythology!
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