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The Judgement of the Flood

by John A. Heraud. A New Edition. Revised and Re-Arranged
Heraud, John A. (1799-1887)

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ODE ON HAVING COMPLETED THE REVISION OF THE POEM, (5 July, 1852.)
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THE JUDGEMENT OF THE FLOOD.
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Part the First. LAMECH.
  
The Lay of LILITH'S SON; Dreamer of Dreams, Seer of Visions, in the Morning Land.
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BOOK THE FIRST. THE LAND OF EDEN
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I. Noah, and his sons
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II. Elihu, and Sodi
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III. Sons of Noah
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IV. Vale of Armon
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BOOK THE SECOND. THE RACE OF CAIN
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I. The City of Enos
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II. The Shield of L amech
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III. The Prediction
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IV. Samiasa and Palal
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BOOK THE THIRD. LAMECH, AND ELIHU
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I. Lamech, and Elihu
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II. Lamech's Lamentation
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III. Lamech's Resignation
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IV. Lamech's Death
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Part the Second. ELIHU.
  
The Lay of LILITH'S SON; Dreamer of Dreams, Seer of Visions, in the Morning Land.
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BOOK THE FOURTH. SIGNS, AND WONDERS
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I. The Incarnate
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II. Burial of Lamech
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III. The Blind Prophet
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IV. Signs of the Seasons
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BOOK THE FIFTH. THE CHILDREN OF ABEL
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I. Junia and Nain
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II. Michael, and Azaziel
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III. The First Rain
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IV. Vale of Adam
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BOOK THE SIXTH. THE PREPARATION
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I. Vale of Abel
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II. Animals
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III. Edna, and Azaradel
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IV. Ham, and Elihu
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Part the Third. SAMIASA.
  
The Lay of LILITH'S SON; Dreamer of Dreams, Seer of Visions, in the Morning Land.
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BOOK THE SEVENTH. The PREACHING OF NOAH
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I. The Tomb of Adam
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II. The Sacrifice
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III. Zateel, and Samiasa
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IV. Rumel
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BOOK THE EIGHTH. THE BOOK OF ENOCH
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I. The Symbols
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II. The Tablet
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III. Death and Obsequies of Adam
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IV. Translation of Enoch
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BOOK THE NINTH. THE PYRAMIS
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I. The City
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II. Adon, and Amazarah
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III. Founding of the City
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IV. The Sanctuary
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Part the Fourth. NOAH.
  
The Lay of LILITH'S SON; Dreamer of Dreams, Seer of Visions, in the Morning Land.
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BOOK THE TENTH. METHUSELAH
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I. Samiasa, and Barkayal
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II. Hherem, and Barkayal
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III. Japhetls Vision
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IV. Mount of Paradise
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BOOK THE ELEVENTH. DUDAEL
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I. Noah Rejected
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II. The Angels
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III. Phanuel, and Samiasa
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IV. Satan, and Azaziel
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BOOK THE TWELFTH. THE JUDGEMENT
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I. Azaradel
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II. The Ark
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III. Noah's Vision
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IV. The Cherubim
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PALINODE.
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The Lay of LILITH'S SON; Dreamer of Dreams, Seer of Visions, in the Morning Land.

One Sabbath, lo, I clomb the misty sides,
At Dayspring, till I reached the glorious top
Of perfect Ararat; whereon the Flood
Stranded the Ark of Noah:—soon I heard,
Whiles, in the Spirit, resting there, “All hail.”
Then, on my face I fell, and thus I prayed:
‘Of Him, the Oldest Man—Methuselah,
Whose Death forenamed brought wreck on the huge World;
Of Noah, the rejected priest of Truth;
Of Wrong primeval, and the Father's Wrath;
How War lays waste, and Peace corrupts mankind;
Nations, and peoples; patriarchs, and kings;
Angels, men, demons; Earth, and Heaven, and Hell;
Lands without name, and Language without words;
The cataracts of the everlasting Height,
The fountains of the cöeternal Deep;
Antient of Days, instruct the solemn song.
—Omniscient Spirit, Presence of the past,
Rend, rend the veil; unblasted, let me look
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Into the Holiest: On that Dial's front,
Whose hours are ages, bid the Sun return,
That I may read their history aloud:
Disperse the mist from Ocean's monstrous face,
And purge my sight, that I may see beyond;
And, from the mystic, unrevealed profound
Of universal Deluge, may evoke,
As from a sepulchre, the Spectres dread
Of giant crime, of passions darkly great;
Imaginations awful, unexplored,
Begot incessant on the evil heart;
Dire brood of Mind rebellious, bold to scale
The hill of heaven, and dare the brow of God.’
Then answered me the Spirit, trumpet-tongued:
‘Prayer hath prevailed. The Deep yields up her Dead.’
And, forthwith, there were Visions, and a Voice—
What brings the Spirit to my musing ear?
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