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Thread #3934   Message #1287176
Posted By: Haruo
02-Oct-04 - 10:20 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Jerusalem (The English Song)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jerusalem (The English Song)
Actually I think Blake titled his poem "Preface to Milton", not "Jerusalem". As written it had four stanzas, but as sung it has only two, because the tune used is twice as long as one of the original stanzas. (Compare singing "Come thou long-expected Jesus" to Stuttgart (4 stanzas) vs. Hyfrydol (2).

Haruo