England! awake! awake! awake!
Jerusalem thy Sister calls!
Why wilt thou sleep the sleep of death
And close her from thy ancient walls?
Thy hills and valleys felt her feet
Gently upon their bosoms move:
Thy gates beheld sweet Zion's ways:
Then was a time of joy and love.
And now the time returns again:
Our souls exult, and London's towers
Receive the Lamb of God to dwell
In England's green and pleasant bowers.
Notes
NOTES
Form:
abcb
Composition Date:
ca. 1804-18
1.
First engraved by Blake in or shortly after 1818, although
it bears the date 1804 on its title-page. It is in four parts and
comprises one hundred plates. Six copies survive, one in colour.
The first extract is from Plate 15 in the first part\; the second is
from the introduction to the fourth part, Plate 77.
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