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The Book of Job: No. 8, Let the Day perish wherin I was born

William Blake

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white illustration of a man sitting on the ground with his arms raised, two people on either side of him on the ground. The man on the left lies on his stomach with his head down. A man and a woman sit on the right. All three are dressed in loincloth-like garments. A building in background behind them to the right. Mountains in the background, cloudy sky above. Text at top reads, "Lo let that night be solitary & let no joyful voice come therein". Text below reads, "Let the Day perish wherein I was Born. And they sat down with him upon the ground seven days & seven nights & none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great". Border around image.

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