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Jerusalem
Why do we look for a god in Church ?
Thought I'd found one singing hymns of adoration
rhyming verses metered to fit the tunes.
Don't think we ever read the poems,
but the tunes were good !
Bach and Wesley; learnt more of counter-point
when singing in the choir than a way to heaven.
The tunes distracted, often hid the message .
Think of Blake's Jerusalem he never meant what
Parry wrote,an anthem to sing on Speach-Day
or Last Night-of-the-Proms
I read Blake's work,wish I could write as he
think I know what he intended when I walk
upon England's pastures green
looking for God and heaven
with my bow of gold and arrows of desire
in England's green and pleasant land
Thought I'd found one singing hymns of adoration
rhyming verses metered to fit the tunes.
Don't think we ever read the poems,
but the tunes were good !
Bach and Wesley; learnt more of counter-point
when singing in the choir than a way to heaven.
The tunes distracted, often hid the message .
Think of Blake's Jerusalem he never meant what
Parry wrote,an anthem to sing on Speach-Day
or Last Night-of-the-Proms
I read Blake's work,wish I could write as he
think I know what he intended when I walk
upon England's pastures green
looking for God and heaven
with my bow of gold and arrows of desire
in England's green and pleasant land
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