Liberty
Nature
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Eternity
William Blake´s Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a short poem by William Blake from the preface of Milton a Poem. It was originally called ‘And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time’. The poem was first printed in 1804. Today it is best known as the anthem \"Jerusalem\", with music written by Sir Hubert Parry in 1916. It is one of the three hymns that are being sung at the Royal Wedding and was considered to be the British Anthem.
The poem was inspired by the story that a young Jesus, accompanied by his uncle Joseph of Arimathea, travelled to the area that is now England and visited Glastonbury. The legend is linked to an idea in the Book of Revelation describing a Second Coming, wherein Jesus establishes a new ‘Jerusalem’.
The Romantics
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.
AND did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark Satanic Mills?
 Songs of Innocence and Experience |  Songs of Innocence Cover |  Introduction - Songs of Innocence |
|---|---|---|
 Infant Joy |  Cradle Song |  The Lamb |
 The Ecchoing Green |  Songs of Experience Cover |  The Sick Rose |
 Infant Sorrow |  The Tyger |
Songs of Innocence and of Experience is an illustrated collection of poems by William Blake. It appeared in two phases. A few first copies were printed and illuminated by William Blake himself in 1789; five years later he bound these poems with a set of new poems in a volume titled Songs of Innocence and of Experience Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul.