When, After a Long Drought, Words Come like a Sudden Flood: Lessons from Blake, Milton, Rilke, and Julia Ward Howe

Anita Mathias — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 20:20:36 +0000

William Blake, Milton I love The Battle Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward Howe. The rhythm, the evocative lyrics, the allusions, the beautiful language create a loveliness greater than the sum of its parts. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath […]

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Christ Walking on the Waters, not of Gennesaret but Thames

Anita Mathias — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:16:00 +0000

Billy Bragg sings Jerusalem at Greenbelt 2011 And did those feet in ancient time. 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 here, Among these dark Satanic Mills? Bring me my […]

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When, After a Long Drought, Words Come like a Sudden Flood: Lessons from Blake, Milton, Rilke, and Julia Ward Howe

Christ Walking on the Waters, not of Gennesaret but Thames