Songwriter Billy Bragg is auctioning one of his guitars to help restore the West Sussex cottage where poet William Blake wrote Jerusalem. The Grade II listed cottage in Felpham urgently needs £ ...
In the sporting arenas of Britain and Ireland, de facto anthems exist for all but one of the representative nations: the Scots have Flower of Scotland, the Welsh have Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (Land of ...
Among these 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.
- Strictly speaking, the phrase "chariots of fire" comes from the poem And did those feet in ancient times by William Blake. Jerusalem is the name of the song based upon it. The feet in question are ...
On 24th November 1957 a larger than life size bronze bust to the poet, painter and engraver William Blake was unveiled in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. It is fixed to a pillar and is by the ...
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 ...