Love and Jealousy

    `When I first married you， I gave you all my whole soul；

    I thought that you would love my loves and joy in my delights，

    Seeking for pleasures in my pleasures， O Daughter of Babylon！

    Then thou wast lovely， mild， and gentle； now thou art terrible

    In Jealousy¹ and unlovely in my sight， because thou hast cruelly

    Cut off my loves in fury， till I have no Love left for thee.

    Thy Love depends on him thou lovest， and on his dear loves

    Depend thy pleasures， which thou hast cut off by Jealousy：

    Therefore I show my Jealousy， and set before you Death.

    Behold² Milton， descended³ to redeem⁴ the Female Shade

    From Death Eternal！ such your lot to be continually redeem'd

    By Death and misery⁵ of those you love， and by Annihilation.

    When the Sixfold Female perceives that Milton annihilates⁶

    Himself， that seeing all his loves by her cut off， he leaves

    Her also， entirely⁷ abstracting himself from Female loves，

    She shall relent in fear of death； she shall begin to give

    Her maidens⁸ to her husband， delighting in his delight.

    And then， and then alone， begins the happy Female joy，

    As it is done in Beulah； and thou， O Virgin⁹ Babylon！ Mother of Whoredoms，

    Shalt bring Jerusalem in thine arms in the night watches； and

    No longer turning her a wandering Harlot in the streets，

    Shalt give her into the arms of God， your Lord and Husband.'

    Such are the Songs of Beulah， in the Lamentations of Ololon.