...poem," that may be Jerusalem, Vala, or even Milton, of which he tells Major Butts in a letter of 1803 : "I have written this poem from immediate dictation,...rendered non-existent, and an immense poem exists .... without labour or study."28 The Marriage oj Heaven and Hell suggests one or two sidelights on...

...Lost, the Persons & Machinery intirely new to the Inhabitants of Earth (some of the Persons Excepted). I have written this Poem from immediate Dictation,...twenty or thirty lines at a time, without Premeditation & even against my Will; the Time it has taken in writing was thus render'd Non Existent, & an immense...

...messengers from heaven, daily and nightly' — 'I have written this poem', he says of the Jerusalem, 'from immediate dictation, twelve or sometimes twenty...without premeditation, and even against my will.' 'I may praise it,' he says in another letter, 'since I dare not pretend to be any other than the secretary,...

...Myers nmst see to it. Blake's own testimony was clear. Speaking of his " Jerusa'em," he, says : — " I have written this poem from immediate dictation...or thirty lines at a time, without premeditation, ami even against, my will." THE ARTIST AXD HIS WOaK. His new birth as an artist was almost аз remarkable....

...Lost, the Persons & Machinery intirely new to the Inhabitants of Earth (some of the Persons Excepted). I have written this Poem from immediate Dictation,...twenty or thirty lines at a time, without Premeditation & even against my Will ; the Time it has taken in writing was thus render'd Non Existent, & an immense...

...extreme claimant for poetic automatism was, of course, William Blake. Of his Milton he said, in 1803: I have written this Poem from immediate Dictation,...my Will; the Time it has taken in writing was thus render'd Non Existent, and an immense Poem Exists which seems to be the Labour of a Long life, all...

...inspirationists is William Blake, who said that his poem Milton (1800-04) was dictated to him in batches of twenty or thirty lines at a time, 'without premeditation, and even against [his] will'.52 Concerning the origin of such poems, he claimed that ' the authors are in Eternity',...

...verses on One Grand Theme. ... I have written this poem from immediate Dictation, twelve or sometimes thirty lines at a time, without Premeditation and even against my Will. " Like Shelley, he discounts the value of "labor and study," adding: "An immense Poem Exists, which...

...Consider the statement of William Blake, who wrote to Thomas Butts regarding his poem on John Milton: "I have written this poem from immediate dictation,...thirty lines at a time, without premeditation, and sometimes even against my will." 1 Except for the concluding phrase, this precisely describes Flora's...

...immediate Dictation, twelve or sometimes twenty or thirty lines at a time, without Premeditation & even against my Will; the Time it has taken in writing was thus render'd Non Existent, & an immense Poem Exists which seems to be the Labour of a long Life, all produc'd...