Plates 5-6 by Ulver
[plates 5-6]
Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak
enough to be restrained;
and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs
the unwilling.
And being restrain'd, it by degrees becomes passive,
till it is only the shadow of desire.
The history of this is written in Paradise Lost,
& the governor or reason is call'd Messiah.
And the original Archangel, or possessor of the command
of heavenly host,
Is call'd the Devil or Satan, and his children are
call'd Sin & Death.
But in the book of Job, Milton's Messiah is call'd
Satan.
For this history has been adopted by both parties.
It indeed appear'd to reason as if desire was
cast out,
but the Devil's account is, that the Messiah fell &
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