Bluestone and Blake
In relation to the subject of The Almighty King
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William Blake, artist, is perhaps now most remembered for a short poem in the preface to his epic poem Milton dated to 1804. The shorter poem is not actually entitled, but is generally referred to by its opening line, or as Jerusalem, the title of a 1916 hymn that uses Blake’s words, with music by Sir Hubert Parry.
What is interesting about the poem is that it speculates that Jesus once walked in England and was presumably inspired by the West Country legends of visits by Jesus in the company of his uncle, Joseph of Arimathea.
William Blake’s Poem from the Preface to Milton:
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 & pleasant Land
Editor’s note: Read more on this subject, and others like it, in Stonehenge Bluestone II