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GUEST,Allen Lyr Req: Jerusalem (The English Song) (80* d) RE: Lyr Req: Jerusalem (The English Song) 04 Jun 05


The 'dark satanic mills' are NOT churches, but factories. They were destroying a way of life, driving people into horrific poverty and were foul blots on the landscape. This is a cry to arms, to create a better world. Blake was a radical, then and now.
Christ visiting England is a misreading I think, it's hard to explain, but feels more like he is talking of a lost ideal, to which we must return.
How using England makes it imperialist or jingoistic, I still haven't figured out.


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