"And did those feet..."
Guest poet: William Blake
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 Bow of burning gold;
Bring me my Arrows of desire:
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of fire!
I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In England's green & pleasant Land
Dr. James Rovira is higher education professional with twenty years experience in the field in teaching, administration, and advising roles. He is also an interdisciplinary scholar and writer whose works include fiction, poetry, and scholarship exploring the intersections of literature and philosophy, literature and psychology, literary theory, and music and literature.. His books include Women in Rock, Women in Romanticism (Routledge, 2023); David Bowie and Romanticism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022); Writing for College and Beyond (a first-year composition textbook (Lulu 2019)); Reading as Democracy in Crisis: Interpretation, Theory, History (Lexington Books 2019); Rock and Romanticism: Blake, Wordsworth, and Rock from Dylan to U2 (Lexington Books, 2018); Rock and Romanticism: Post-Punk, Goth, and Metal as Dark Romanticisms (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018); and Blake and Kierkegaard: Creation and Anxiety (Continuum/Bloomsbury, 2010). See his website at jamesrovira.com for details.
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Just finished reading Patti Smith’s book, M Train, and I am recalling her interest in Blake (which you note in an earlier blog). I was intrigued also by her interest in Alfred Wegener.
I can only guess that you will love it. I delayed finishing it because I knew I would be sorry to not be reading it anymore. I have not read them all, but have them stacked and waiting.
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Just finished reading Patti Smith’s book, M Train, and I am recalling her interest in Blake (which you note in an earlier blog). I was intrigued also by her interest in Alfred Wegener.
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Yes — she is a great lover of Blake. I’ve read everything by Smith but M Train — that’s next.
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I can only guess that you will love it. I delayed finishing it because I knew I would be sorry to not be reading it anymore. I have not read them all, but have them stacked and waiting.
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