Bob Draper ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Jerusalem is a neat hymn, but Britain is not a very Christian country and
>has sizeable populations following other religions so that's out.

You think Jerusalem's about religion? Blake was a visionary and mystic, no
conventional Christian.  The Jerusalem in his poem is a metaphor; Jerusalem
is IMHO one of the most subversive poems in the English language.  Another
good reason for it to be a national anthem.  I suspect that few of the
people who sing it at church services (or at the WI!) really think about
the words.

Deryk Barker
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