Sunday Snippets (tm) -------------------- #14 15 Jan 95 `Every one of the builders [of the walls of Jerusalem] had his sword girded on his side as he built.' Nehemiah 4:18 JERUSALEM poem 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 those 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 shall no cease from mental fight, Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand, Till we have built Jerusalem In this our green and pleasant land. - William Blake, 1804. [Those of you familiar with the film `Chariots of Fire' will remember this sung as a hymn in the funeral scene.] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday Snippets copyright 1995 by G. MacKenzie Strickland. May be freely redistributed (unmodified). Direct requests for a weekly subscription to Snippets, or inquiries about author to --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do yourself & your community a good turn: Go to church on Sunday. ------------------------------------------------------- file: /pub/resources/text/sunday.snippets:snip95-14.txt .