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And Did Those Feet In Ancient Times - Inspirational Hymns
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Tags: Ancient choir Did england Feet god howden Hymns Inspirational Jerusalem minster productions qvt Those Times yorkshire
Channel: Music
Uploaded: March 18, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Author: tvnorth
Length: 02:48
Rating: 4.80
Views: 65247
"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. This poem was written about the Industrial Revolution that took place duing the early 19th century.
The first verse asks did Christ visit Britain. This may be metaphorical or literal. There is an old English legend that Christ came to Britain as a boy.
The poet questions christianity in Britain (2nd verse) and illustrates the point by using the adjective 'satanic' when describing the industrial mills. (In the North of Britain at this time many people; men, women and children, worked in the cotton industry.) This clearly gives the impression that the poet thinks the mills are evil places.
In the final two verses he poet summons up his faith and reveals he will not rest until there is justice in society.
This is a beautifully written poem and is sometimes used as a national anthem.
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Video Comments
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cwnyddraig (October 10, 2008 at 9:55 pm) |
| BenAliGtor: On the contrary it is not at all silly that Jesus walked on England's pastures green, as it was only very short trek from his home in Wales... |
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mensskintightlowrise (October 7, 2008 at 10:39 pm) |
| One of the greatest hymns ever to grace this Earth. |
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mensskintightlowrise (October 7, 2008 at 10:39 pm) |
| Lauren4077th same here, and not a bad performance either. |
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pembo18 (October 3, 2008 at 9:36 pm) |
| Verve, maaate, Verve =) |
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BenAliGtor (October 3, 2008 at 8:49 pm) |
| The idea that Jesus, before His public ministry, went backpacking around & about England is pretty silly. And those "satanic mills" helped to establish Britian as a world power.
Still, I love this hymn. Very beautiful- and quintessentially English. |
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cracklydubplate (October 3, 2008 at 2:40 am) |
| inspirational hymn, no joke.
think about what this truly means :
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
reminds me of one of my favorite quotes :
He truly knows his own insufficiencies and never in his whole life thinks that he has succeeded. He has no thoughts of pride but with self-abasement knows the Way to the end. |
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Lauren4077th (October 1, 2008 at 2:30 am) |
| This is a very beautiful hymn. It's not sung over here America, though, for obvious reasons. I was actually introduced to it through Monty Python. :-) |
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foxyoxy1 (September 28, 2008 at 11:31 pm) |
| This made me VERY homesick for England, I did not realise how much I miss the green and pleasant land. |
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SwineyMuswell (September 27, 2008 at 9:52 am) |
| Well, probably not, given that the "those feet" in question belonged to Jesus... |
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acceitunas (September 26, 2008 at 5:08 am) |
| I so love this,my favorite. |
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