The Book of Ahania - Poem

Poem

The story begins with Fuzon rebelling against Urizen, his father:

"Shall we worship this Demon of Smoke,"
Said Fuzon, "This abstract non-entity
This cloudy God seated on Waters
Now seen, now obscur'd; King of sorrow?" (10-13)

After the verbal attack, Fuzon attacks Urizon with fire and declares himself God. This leads to the creation of the tree of mystery by Urizon on accident followed by the nailing of Fuzon's body to it:

Amaz'd started Urizen! when
He beheld himself compassed round
And high roofed over with trees
He arose but the stems stood so thick
He with difficulty and great pain
Brought his Books, all but the Book
Of iron, from the dismal shade (lines 116-122)

The poem continues with Ahania lamenting her disconnection from Urizen:

Cruel jealousy! selfish fear!
Self-destroying: how can delight
Renew in these chains of darkness (lines 233-235)

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