. English: Milton a Poem, copy B, object 4 (Bentley 4, Erdman 6, Keynes 4) Sector E plate Illustration: A diminutive horse and rider emerge on a road to the right of an immense trilithon in this Druid landscape. To the right is a giant stone, perhaps a Druid 'rocking stone.' Stars, clouds, and a crescent moon appear in the night sky above and to the right of this stone, with one star beneath the lintel of the trilithon and two to its left. Two small trees grow at the foot of the trilithon's left post. Below these is a clump of trees; the small forms to the right of these trees may be sheep lyi
. English: Milton a Poem, copy B, object 4 (Bentley 4, Erdman 6, Keynes 4) Sector E plate Illustration: A diminutive horse and rider emerge on a road to the right of an immense trilithon in this Druid landscape. To the right is a giant stone, perhaps a Druid 'rocking stone.' Stars, clouds, and a crescent moon appear in the night sky above and to the right of this stone, with one star beneath the lintel of the trilithon and two to its left. Two small trees grow at the foot of the trilithon's left post. Below these is a clump of trees; the small forms to the right of these trees may be sheep lying on the ground. A very small shepherd holding a crook stands to the right of the flock. Green tinting in the lower half of the design suggests hills covered with grass. The horseman has been associated by some critics with William Hayley, Blake's horseback-riding patron who figures prominently in the autobiographical allegory of the poem. Component (Sector C) Keywords: riding, facing right, horse, hat, Hayley A diminutive horse and rider emerge on a road to the right of an immense trilithon in this Druid landscape. The rider may be wearing a hat. The horseman has been associated by some critics with William Hayley, Blake's horseback-riding patron who figures prominently in the autobiographical allegory of the poem. Component (Sector C) Keywords: shepherd, shepherd's crook, standing, holding, facing right The very small figure of a shepherd stands with his crook just above 'Hammer' in line 33 of the text. He faces right. Component (Sector C) Keywords: sheep, flock, lying A small flock of sheep lies on the ground above 'sounds the Hammer' in line 33 of the text. Component (Sector C) Keywords: tree Two small trees grow at the foot of the trilithon's left post. Below these is a clump of trees. Component (Sector CD) Keywords: grass Green tinting suggests grass throughout the landscape. Component (Sector E) Keywords: trilithon, Druid, stone, road, star, cloud, moon, night, sky This
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Keywords: ., /., 00, 10, 18, 41., 2006, blake, william,
