In the Grave

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William Blake: Christ in the Sepulchre, Guarded by Angels
William Blake (1757–1827)

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From the Four Zoas; Erdman 385:

And Los & Enitharmon took the Body of the Lamb

Down from the Cross & placd it in a Sepulcher which Los

had hewn

For himself in the Rock of Eternity trembling & in despair

Jerusalem wept over the Sepulcher two thousand Years

Blake suggests here that they are still waiting for the

Resurrection. Actually he thought the Resurrection is in

Eternity where there's no time.

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This from The Four Zoas, Erdman 379:

Jerusalem saw the Body dead upon the Cross She fled away

Saying Is this Eternal Death Where shall I hide from Death

Pity me Los pity me Urizen & let us build a Sepulcher and

worship Death in fear while yet we live .....

And Let all Nations of the Earth worship at the Sepulcher

With Gifts & Spices with lamps rich embossd jewels & gold

Of Eternity for himself he hewd it despairing of Life Eternal

They bore it to the Sepulcher which Los had hewn in the
rock Of Eternity for himself he hewd it despairing of Life Eternal

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In Jerusalem plate 12 we read:

Terrified at the sublime Wonder, Los stood before his Furnaces.

And they stood around, terrified with admiration at Erins Spaces

For the Spaces reachd from the starry heighth, to the starry

    depth;
And they builded Golgonooza: terrible eternal labour!

What are those golden builders doing? where was the burying-place

Mild Zions hills most ancient promontory; near mournful

Ever weeping Paddington? is that Calvary and Golgotha?
Becoming a building of pity and compassion?

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Strange how Golgonooza and Golgotha are related, both with

'Golgo'! Golgotha is where they 'waited 2000 years';

Golgonooza is where we built the 'Kingdom of God' all those

years. It seems we're all waiting.