Ulver - A Memorable Fancy (plates 6-7) lyrics

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Ulver - A Memorable Fancy (plates 6-7) lyrics

As I was walking among the fires of hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity, I collected some of their Proverbs; thinking that as the sayings used in a nation, mark its character, so the Proverbs of Hell, shew the nature in Infernal wisdom better than any description of buildings or garments When I came home: on the abyss of the five senses, where a flat sided steep frowns over the present world, I saw a mighty Devil folded in black clouds, hovering on the sides of the rock, with corroding fires he wrote the following sentence now percieved by the minds of men, & read by them on earth How do you know but ev'ry Bird that cuts the airy way Is an immense world of delight, clos'd by your senses five?

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