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William Blake
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In Plate--inscribed along top:Shot from the heights of Enitharmon./And in the vineyards of red France appear'd the light of his fury./The sun glow'd fiery red:/The furious terrors flew around:/On golden chariots raging, with red wheels dropping with blood;/The Lions lash their wrathful tails!/The Tigers couch upon the prey & suck the ruddy tide:/And Enitharmon growns & cries in anguish and dismay/Then Los arose his head he reard in snaky thunders clad:/And with a cry that shook all nature to the utmost pole./Call'd all his sons to the strife of blood./FINIS
Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ARTsurrounded byPROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in a circle
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Edgar J. Lownes Fund
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The Outbreak of the Fires of Revolution
Europe/A Prophecy
In Plate--inscribed along top:Shot from the heights of Enitharmon./And in the vineyards of red France appear'd the light of his fury./The sun glow'd fiery red:/The furious terrors flew around:/On golden chariots raging, with red wheels dropping with blood;/The Lions lash their wrathful tails!/The Tigers couch upon the prey & suck the ruddy tide:/And Enitharmon growns & cries in anguish and dismay/Then Los arose his head he reard in snaky thunders clad:/And with a cry that shook all nature to the utmost pole./Call'd all his sons to the strife of blood./FINIS
Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ARTsurrounded byPROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in a circle