William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job
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Transcript of William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job
ILLUSTRATIONSOF THE
BOOK OF JOBINVENTED AND ENGRAVED
BY WILLIAM BLAKE
A NEW EDITION
NEW YORKD. APPLETON & COMPANY
1903
NOTEHPHIS Issue is reproduced in reduced
facsimile from the original Edition
published by William Blake in the year
18216
628919
TUs did Job oontinuaJiy
^~^v_
*. OIlerkdtfearrdGod
A J- Land of U*i whose K*mt Y TW L,rr Kiiic-u v/ & escKew^d Evil <fethe
J v^. Jol>. t thatMm * I"* L"< '
W |,omuntoh,m5e>cn|t IS s H , ntull ,v Di.mra_^ 3,,,,^ ^J],,.^ Daugkrrr.5
WKal Iskall we recieve Good
attKe KaWI ofCod <fcska!l we not, also
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And vvkcu rKey lifted up tKejr eye^ atar off 3r W-w Kim not
v," tJwv lifted HIJ their voice &. wept.&. they ront. every Man. Kii'
xantk- &SprmWcd dust upon tkei r Kcads towards Kea
Lo let tftat nigkt be solitary
&. let nojoyful
voice come
Let tKc Day ucri.sk wherein I W;LS Born.
'
Aiu tKey sat down vntlr him upon tKe^roundsevcir Axys &seven^
nighty &;i\one spak.-a v\\, fl! imholum for tKry avtKat !ns grief
way tU I take
-ferlkUkc 9ol<i
\ "Hie Just Upngkt Mart is iuugkedl to scorn
Manlkit is Urn L.fs-Womanisof ft
& '
v,v
short, tkejoy
of the hyuoo-ii
but for d moment
Satan Ininnlf'S tM:i(onnl m'oanAnjtl of Uga A.1iisMii,Ul< I ini.-Miu^K-n of
k Dreans upon mv bed Hion 5~nre.sl nu?
j-u persecute me ss iJoJ J&dix*. net. s.uijiWt iili my Ucsti-. Oil llwl my word>vc,
, ! -.'.v.,!! sr.: k r Mv.sv !?'/.-.,J
oous ir ikvDauel'trrs were
West Brothers \rux\5r. t>t liuja ll'.ere came
5wolc upcixiiie lo '.'.: iaces oi tl'.e !xou.se. i itfc'f
And I only am escaped alone to tell theeri^v
OWh.leJu-wdsvrtspcakmg ^amc also anotlier& 5aid
*\
fGod is fallen from lu
n &, consumetl ikcnv & 1 only am
*h
Ami my Servant Job shallpray
Tor you
ndthrLord turiwJrh* captivity ofjcb-^hm hepijyetl (or his Frieivds
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were not found Women fair as llic Daughters of jot
j
\, M all tke Land iJC tlinr fatlu-rgave thcin I
So tl.e Lord blclsec! tlve latter e/idof Job
more than the begmnmjr
After ikis Job li\-e
an. Kurwired fefoi't e
Sons-s Sows