Milton: A Poem in Two Books "Jerusalem". The poem appears after a prose attack on the influence of Greek and Roman culture, which is unfavourably contrasted with "the Sublime of the Bible". The poem is divided into two "books". Book I opens with an epic invocation to the muses, drawing on the classical models of Homer and Virgil, which were also used by John Milton in "Paradise Lost". However, Blake describes inspiration in bodily terms, vitalising the nerves of his arm. Blake goes on to describe the activities of Los, one of his mythological characters, who creates a complex universe from within which other Blakean characters
Legends of the Jews and the World - The Angels and the Creation of Man - The Creation of Adam - The Soul of Man - The Ideal Man - The Fall of Satan - Woman - Adam and Eve in Paradise - The Fall of Man - The Punishment - Sabbath in Heaven - Adam's Repentance - The Book of Raziel - The Sickness of Adam - Eve's Story of the Fall - The Death of Adam - The Death of Eve The Birth of Cain - Fratricide - The Punishment of Cain - The Inhabitants of the Seven Earths - The Descendants