America, A Prophecy by William Blake
A Prophecy
A compact, fiery prophetic poem that casts the American Revolution as a mythic clash between the liberating, rebellious spirit (Orc) and the constraining forces of law, reason, and organized authority (Urizen). Using vivid, symbolic images and illuminated plates, it dramatizes the surge of revolutionary energy, attacks monarchy and religious tyranny, and warns that liberation can harden into new forms of oppression unless sustained by imaginative, creative renewal. The work functions as both political tract and spiritual prophecy, insisting that freedom depends on a continuous awakening of visionary, transformative force.
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- 1793
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