{"id":51044,"date":"2016-07-04T01:14:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T01:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=51044"},"modified":"2016-07-04T01:14:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T01:14:33","slug":"sunday-surprise-the-third-last-blakequake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=51044","title":{"rendered":"Sunday surprise the third & last — BlakeQuake"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — Blake, Britain, and Blake again — among the angels ]
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The irrepressible William Blake<\/strong> can’t keep himself from coloring outside the words:<\/p>\n

\"Milton\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

**<\/p>\n

Okay, here’s the poem as poem — a very curious poem celebrating “arrows of desire” to have made its way into the hymnary of England, its royalty, and the Proms:<\/p>\n

And did those feet in ancient time.
\nWalk upon Englands mountains green:
\nAnd was the holy Lamb of God,
\nOn Englands pleasant pastures seen!<\/p>\n

And did the Countenance Divine,
\nShine forth upon our clouded hills?
\nAnd was Jerusalem builded here,
\nAmong these dark Satanic Mills?<\/p>\n

Bring me my Bow of burning gold;
\nBring me my Arrows of desire:
\nBring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!
\nBring me my Chariot of fire!<\/p>\n

I will not cease from Mental Fight,
\nNor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
\nTill we have built Jerusalem,
\nIn Englands green & pleasant Land<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

**<\/p>\n

I posted the patriotic hymn-version of Blake’s Jerusalem<\/strong> earlier today in It\u2019s not one pole of polarization that\u2019s the problem<\/a>, as part of a comment on Brexit, very very British.<\/p>\n

Happily the United States — whose birthday is tomorrow — didn’t exactly lose ye olde English tradition<\/strong>, as is readily apparent in this rendition — this one by the West Point Cadet Glee Club<\/strong>:<\/p>\n