...and did those feet in ancient times walk upon England's mountains green.
2007-11-02 00:55:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"And did those feet in ancient time" is a short poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton: a Poem (1804). Today it is best known as the hymn "Jerusalem", with music written by C. Hubert H. Parry in 1916.
2007-11-02 00:58:31 · answer #1 · answered by otleygas 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It comes from the hymn 'Jerusalem' and is actually a poem written by William Blake in 1804 as the preface to his epic poem Milton: A Poem and later set to music by C Hubert Parry in 1916.
Every public school boy in England has had to suffer through countless singings of the ghastly bloody thing. If never hear it again, it'll be too soon!
2007-11-02 08:00:41 · answer #2 · answered by chris m 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It's not really a hymn. It's a bit of fancy used by the Womens' Institute and other English institutions.
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2007-11-02 09:23:25 · answer #3 · answered by miller 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jerusalem
2007-11-02 07:58:35 · answer #4 · answered by nemesis 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Jerusalem.
2007-11-02 12:23:52 · answer #5 · answered by zakiit 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jerusalem
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?
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.
2007-11-02 08:00:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Its called Jerusalem (for some reason it was my favorite hymn as a child!!)
http://www.weddingguideuk.com/articles/wordsmusic/hymns/Hymn-AndDidThoseFeetInAncientTimes.asp
2007-11-02 07:59:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Jerusalem. It should be England's sporting national anthem in my opinion.
2007-11-02 08:07:22 · answer #8 · answered by Barry K 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I think it is called Jerusalem
2007-11-02 07:58:39 · answer #9 · answered by Orinoco 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
12 day of christmas!
2007-11-02 08:08:49 · answer #10 · answered by paulus miki 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋