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rampartd

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1. thanks, joe, i used ancient of days as my avatar on "discussionist. "
Sat Aug 10, 2024, 01:52 PM
Aug 2024


kids tend to like "tyger tyger" i sure do.

but this is powerful poetry

Jerusalem

And did those feet in ancient time,
Walk upon Englands mountains green:
And was the holy Lamb of God,
On Englands pleasant pastures seen!

And did the Countenance Divine,
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these[c] dark Satanic Mills?

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 Englands green & pleasant Land.


Beneath the poem Blake inscribed a quotation from the Bible:[10]

"Would to God that all the Lords[d] people were Prophets"
Numbers XI. Ch 29.v[9]

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