![]() ![]() Smith, "there was little reason to believe that an oral tradition concerning a visit made by Jesus to Britain existed before the early part of the twentieth century". Most scholars reject the historical authenticity of this story out of hand, and according to British folklore scholar A. It is often assumed that the poem was inspired by the apocryphal story that a young Jesus, accompanied by Joseph of Arimathea, a tin merchant, travelled to what is now England and visited Glastonbury during his unknown years. It is not to be confused with another poem, much longer and larger in scope and also by Blake, called Jerusalem The Emanation of the Giant Albion. The famous orchestration was written by Sir Edward Elgar. Today it is best known as the hymn " Jerusalem", with music written by Sir Hubert Parry in 1916. The date of 1804 on the title page is probably when the plates were begun, but the poem was printed c. " And did those feet in ancient time" is a poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton: A Poem in Two Books, one of a collection of writings known as the Prophetic Books. ![]()
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