{"id":16712,"date":"2022-06-10T17:50:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T15:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=142001"},"modified":"2022-06-17T14:02:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T12:02:09","slug":"what-are-the-lyrics-to-the-hymn-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-the-hymn-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the lyrics to the hymn \u2018Jerusalem\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By BBC Music Magazine\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 10 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Who wrote and composed the hymn \u2018Jerusalem\u2019<\/em>?<\/h1>\n
\u2018Jerusalem\u201ds rousing lyrics, opening with the famous line \u2018And did those feet in ancient time\u2019, were written by the poet William Blake in around 1808. Blake was inspired by the legend of Jesus visiting England, in particular Glastonbury, with relative Joseph of Arimatheia. In 2009 this legend was explored in the documentary \u2018And Did Those Feet\u2019<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n
Over a century later in 1916, composer Hubert Parry set the poem to music to raise Britain\u2019s morale as life was bleak with World War One<\/a> <\/strong>raging and casualties mounting.<\/p>\n
Today it is often proposed as an alternative national anthem for England instead of \u2018God Save The Queen\u2019<\/a>, and is often used to celebrate English achievements in sporting events such the Commonwealth Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n
We named \u2018Jerusalem\u2019 one of the greatest hymns of all time<\/a><\/p>\n
What are the lyrics to \u2018Jerusalem\u2019?<\/h1>\n
And did those feet in ancient time\nWalk upon England\u2019s mountains green?\nAnd was the holy Lamb of God\nOn England\u2019s 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 England\u2019s green and pleasant land.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Why is \u2018Jerusalem\u2019 sung at Women\u2019s Institute meetings?<\/h2>\n<p>The hymn came to be associated with the Women\u2019s Institute (WI) because of suffragette Millicent Fawcett. She asked if it could be used for the <a href=\""https:\/\/janerobinsonauthor.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/26\/jerusalem-and-the-womens-institute\/"\">Women\u2019s Sufferage Movement<\/a> and in 1918\u00a0 a band of women sung the hymn at a suffrage rally taking place at the Royal Albert Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Then in the early 1920s one of the founders of the WI, and fellow suffragette, Grace Hadow came up with the idea of using the hymn as the WI\u2019s anthem. In 1924 it was officially adopted, and has now been sung by WI members for nearly a century\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find more <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/tag\/famous-hymn-lyrics\/"\">lyrics to more famous hymns here\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BBC Music Magazine Published: Friday, 10 June 2022 at 12:00 am Who wrote and composed the hymn \u2018Jerusalem\u2019? \u2018Jerusalem\u201ds rousing lyrics, opening with the famous line \u2018And did those feet in ancient time\u2019, were written by the poet William Blake in around 1808. Blake was inspired by the legend of Jesus visiting England, in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":16713,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-the-hymn-jerusalem.jpg",1890,1260,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-the-hymn-jerusalem-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-the-hymn-jerusalem-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-the-hymn-jerusalem-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-the-hymn-jerusalem-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-the-hymn-jerusalem-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-the-hymn-jerusalem.jpg",1890,1260,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By BBC Music Magazine Published: Friday, 10 June 2022 at 12:00 am Who wrote and composed the hymn \u2018Jerusalem\u2019? \u2018Jerusalem\u201ds rousing lyrics, opening with the famous line \u2018And did those feet in ancient time\u2019, were written by the poet William Blake in around 1808. Blake was inspired by the legend of Jesus visiting England, in…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/16712"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}