耶路撒冷 (讚歌)

布萊克詩篇《米爾頓》的自序（布萊克自製的插圖版）

1808年，威廉·布萊克出版了他的長詩《米爾頓》，其自序上有一首短詩[1]：

And did those feet in ancient time.
Walk upon Englands mountains green:
And was the holy Lamb of God,
On Englands 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 Englands green & pleasant Land

詩尾有摘自聖經的句子："Would to God that all the Lords people were Prophets" Numbers XI. Ch 29. v.'[1]（民數記11：29）[2]。

此詩的靈感來自一個描述耶穌和亞利馬太的約瑟（Joseph of Arimathea）一起到了格拉斯頓伯里（Glastonbury）的經外故事[3]，而故事則源自聖經啟示錄（3：12及21：2）中耶穌將會再臨世界並建立新耶路撒冷的概念。

對此詩最普遍的解釋為：耶穌可能曾造訪英格蘭，令英格蘭曾短暫變成天堂，但現時工業革命下的英格蘭正被撒旦的麵粉廠侵占，而布萊克則會抗爭到底，令英格蘭變回天堂的樣子。