"Milton: A Poem in Two Books Milton is an epic poem by William Blake, written and illustrated between 1804 and 1810. Its hero is John Milton, who returns from Heaven and unites with Blake to explore the relationship between living writers and their predecessors, and to undergo a mystical journey to correct his own spiritual errors. ""Milton"" was Blake's longest published poem to date, and was printed in Blake's characteristic combination of etched text and illustration supplemented by watercolour. The preface to ""Milton"" includes the poem ""And did those feet in ancient time"", which became the lyrics for the hymn"
"Jerusalem Delivered Jerusalem Delivered also known as The Liberation of Jerusalem ( ) is an epic poem by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso, first published in 1581, that tells a largely mythified version of the First Crusade in which Christian knights, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, battle Muslims in order to take Jerusalem. The poem is composed of 1,917 stanzas in ottava rima (15,336 hendecasyllabic lines), grouped into twenty cantos of varying length. The work belongs to the Italian Renaissance tradition of the romantic epic poem, and Tasso frequently borrows plot elements and character types directly from Ariosto's ""Orlando furioso""."
"Jerusalem (Belouis Some song) ""Jerusalem"" is a song by British singer and songwriter Belouis Some, released in 1986 as the fourth and final single from his debut studio album ""Some People"". It was written by Belouis Some, and produced by Pete Schwier, Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero and Belouis Some. ""Jerusalem"" reached No. 98 in the UK and remained in the charts for one week. In a 1984 interview with ""Debut"", Belouis Some described the song's lyrics as ""really heavy"". He stated: """"Jerusalem"" is a bit depressing, it's just me trying to be clever, but I'm not trying to get any"
"Jerusalem (Belouis Some song) ""Jerusalem"" is a song by British singer and songwriter Belouis Some, released in 1986 as the fourth and final single from his debut studio album ""Some People"". It was written by Belouis Some, and produced by Pete Schwier, Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero and Belouis Some. ""Jerusalem"" reached No. 98 in the UK and remained in the charts for one week. In a 1984 interview with ""Debut"", Belouis Some described the song's lyrics as ""really heavy"". He stated: """"Jerusalem"" is a bit depressing, it's just me trying to be clever, but I'm not trying to get any"
"Palestine (poem) Palestine is an 1803 romantic long poem by noted clergyman Reginald Heber, successfully entered for the Newdigate Prize. Heber had been helped in this composition by Sir Walter Scott, a family friend, before the future novelist's years of fame. They'd had a discussion over breakfast about Palestine, and he began writing it before he left the table. When Heber declaimed the poem at that year's Encaenia ceremony at the Sheldonian Theatre, it was given an enthusiastic reception. The poem was later published, and was set to music by the composer William Crotch, who had been professor of music"
"Jerusalem the Golden (hymn) ""Jerusalem the Golden"" is a nineteenth-century Christian hymn by John Mason Neale. The text is from Neale's translation of a section of Bernard of Cluny's Latin verse satire ""De Contemptu Mundi"". Richard Chenevix Trench included 95 lines from the beginning of Bernard's 3000-line poem in his ""Sacred Latin Poetry"", published in 1849. They describe ""the peace and glory of heaven"", while the remainder of ""De Contemptu Mundi"" exposes earthly suffering and corruption. Based on Trench's Latin edition, Neale's translation ""Hora Novissima"" appeared in his 1851 collection ""Mediaeval Hymns and Sequences"". Sections of his text were used"
"moving the composer forward towards his mature style: ""It fixed his dramatic imagination, refined his scoring, sharpened his harmonic palate; and in general made possible the amazing advances of the next few years."" Notes Cited sources Other sources Jérusalem Jérusalem is a grand opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was to be an adaptation and partial translation of the composer's original 1843 Italian opera, ""I Lombardi alla prima crociata"". It was the one opera which he regarded as the most suitable for being translated into French and, taking Eugène Scribe's advice, Verdi agreed that a French libretto"
"Siege of Jerusalem (poem) Siege of Jerusalem is the title commonly given to an anonymous Middle English epic poem created in the second half of the 14th century (possibly ca. 1370-1380). The poem is composed in the alliterative manner popular in medieval English poetry, especially during the period known as the ""alliterative revival"", and is known from nine surviving manuscripts, an uncommonly high number for works of this time. The siege described in the poem is that of 70 AD. The poem relies on a number of secondary sources—including ""Vindicta salvatoris"", Roger Argenteuil's ""Bible en François"", Ranulf Higdon's ""Polychronicon"", and"
"Torquato Tasso Torquato Tasso (; 11 March 1544 – 25 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, best known for his poem ""Gerusalemme liberata"" (""Jerusalem Delivered"", 1581), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the Siege of Jerusalem. Tasso suffered from mental illness and died a few days before he was due to be crowned on the Capitoline Hill as the king of poets by the Pope. His work was widely translated and adapted, and until the beginning of the 20th"
"Jérusalem Jérusalem is a grand opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was to be an adaptation and partial translation of the composer's original 1843 Italian opera, ""I Lombardi alla prima crociata"". It was the one opera which he regarded as the most suitable for being translated into French and, taking Eugène Scribe's advice, Verdi agreed that a French libretto was to be prepared by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz, who had written the libretto for Donizetti's most successful French opera, ""La favorite"". The opera received its premiere performance at the Salle Le Peletier in Paris on 26"
"at Oxford since 1797. Montefiore, writing in 1902, described the poem as ""the most successful and popular piece of religious verse of the first half of the [19th] century"". A later biographer, Derrick Hughes, finds its contemporary acclaim puzzling: ""It is not a good, not even a mediocre poem; it is leaden"". In the United States it was published as ""Palestine and other poems"", and also included memoirs of Heber's life. Palestine (poem) Palestine is an 1803 romantic long poem by noted clergyman Reginald Heber, successfully entered for the Newdigate Prize. Heber had been helped in this composition by Sir"
"Die Zerstörung Jerusalems (oratorio) Die Zerstörung Jerusalems (German: ""The Destruction of Jerusalem""), (Op. 24), is an 1840 oratorio by Ferdinand Hiller to a libretto by Salomon Steinheim largely based on biblical texts from the Book of Jeremiah and the Psalms. The oratorio deals with the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II in 587 BC. There are solo roles for the prophet Jeremiah (baritone), King Zedekiah (tenor), and for the non-historical characters of Chamital, Zedekiah's mother (soprano), Achicam, a pious Jew (tenor), and Hanna, Achicam's sister (mezzo-soprano). Steinheim's libretto is largely based on Martin Luther's translation of the Bible into German."
"Christ"" (), or from the First Epistle to the Corinthians, ""of the Last Supper"" (), and from the Gospel of Matthew, the entry into Jerusalem (). The poetry was written by the court poet Salomon Franck, although the work is not found in his printed editions. Bach's biographer Philipp Spitta concluded this from stylistic comparison and observing a lack of recitatives between arias. The poetry derives from the entry into Jerusalem a similar entry into the heart of the believer, who should prepare himself and will be given heavenly joy in return. The language intensifies the mystical aspects: (King of"
"Gregor Meyer, Choir of Leipzig Gewandhaus. Notes Sources Die Zerstörung Jerusalems (oratorio) Die Zerstörung Jerusalems (German: ""The Destruction of Jerusalem""), (Op. 24), is an 1840 oratorio by Ferdinand Hiller to a libretto by Salomon Steinheim largely based on biblical texts from the Book of Jeremiah and the Psalms. The oratorio deals with the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II in 587 BC. There are solo roles for the prophet Jeremiah (baritone), King Zedekiah (tenor), and for the non-historical characters of Chamital, Zedekiah's mother (soprano), Achicam, a pious Jew (tenor), and Hanna, Achicam's sister (mezzo-soprano). Steinheim's libretto is largely based on"
"Israel ben Joseph Halevi Caslari Israel ben Joseph Halevi Caslari (, ), also known as Crescas Caslari and Israel ben Joseph Halevi, was a Jewish physician and poet who lived at Avignon in 1327. He was the author of a liturgic poem for Purim, beginning with the words (""Who is like you?""). In a manuscript of this poem (""Rev. Et. Juives"", ix. 116) the signature contains the words (""To the sons of Yitzhar""), from which Neubauer concludes that Crescas Caslari belonged to the family of the Yitzhari. This opinion, shared by Leopold Zunz, is criticized by Gross, who holds that"
"still fresh), had previously made an unsuccessful attempt to acquire it for France. Ozymandias ""Ozymandias"" ( ) is the title of two poems published in 1818. English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) wrote a sonnet, first published in the 11 January 1818 issue of ""The Examiner"" in London. It was included the following year in Shelley's collection ""Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; with Other Poems"" (1819) and in a posthumous compilation of his poems published in 1826. ""Ozymandias"" is Shelley's most famous work and is frequently anthologised. Shelley wrote the poem in friendly competition with his friend and"
"issued in English. Tasso is commemorated by monuments in Bergamo and Sorrento. There are streets named after him in virtually every major Italian city, most notably in Bergamo, Posillipo (Naples), Rome, Turin, Palermo and Catania, as well as in Palo Alto, California. Torquato Tasso Torquato Tasso (; 11 March 1544 – 25 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, best known for his poem ""Gerusalemme liberata"" (""Jerusalem Delivered"", 1581), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the Siege of Jerusalem. Tasso"
"Le Pèlerinage de Charlemagne Le Pèlerinage de Charlemagne or Voyage de Charlemagne à Jérusalem et à Constantinople (""Pilgrimage of Charlemagne"" or ""Charlemagne's Voyage to Jerusalem and Constantinople"") is an Old French ""chanson de geste"" (epic poem) dealing with a fictional expedition by Charlemagne and his knights. The oldest known written version was probably composed around 1140. Two 15th-century reworkings of the story are also known. In the story, Charlemagne asks his wife if she thinks he is the most handsome king in the world. To Charlemagne's outrage, she answers that the (fictional) Byzantine Emperor Hugo is better looking. Under the"
"centuries. In 1580, Torquato Tasso wrote ""Jerusalem Delivered"", a largely fictionalized epic poem about the capture of Jerusalem. George Frideric Handel composed music based on Tasso's poem in his opera ""Rinaldo"". The 19th-century poet Tommaso Grossi also wrote an epic poem, which was the basis of Giuseppe Verdi's opera ""I Lombardi alla prima crociata"". William of Tyre began his chronicle with the fall of Jerusalem to Umar. Although the original Islamic conquest of the Levant had taken place more than four centuries before the First Crusade, its immediate cause was the occupation of Byzantine Anatolia by the Seljuqs during the"
"to duple and used it for the tune of ""Jerusalem the Golden"". In his notes to the third edition of ""Mediaeval Hymns and Sequences"" in 1867 Neale remarked that Ewing's tune was ""the earliest written, the best known, and with children the most popular"" for use with ""Jerusalem the Golden"". Jerusalem the Golden (hymn) ""Jerusalem the Golden"" is a nineteenth-century Christian hymn by John Mason Neale. The text is from Neale's translation of a section of Bernard of Cluny's Latin verse satire ""De Contemptu Mundi"". Richard Chenevix Trench included 95 lines from the beginning of Bernard's 3000-line poem in his"
"twenty-four years. An 1813 poem by Lord Byron, The Destruction of Sennacherib, commemorates Sennacherib's campaign in Judea from the Hebrew point of view. Written in anapestic tetrameter, the poem was popular in school recitations. Assyrian siege of Jerusalem In approximately 701 BCE, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, attacked the fortified cities of Judah, laying siege on Jerusalem, but failed to capture it (it is the only city mentioned as being besieged on Sennacherib's Stele, of which the capture is not mentioned). In 721 BCE, the Assyrian army captured the Israelite capital at Samaria and carried away the citizens of the Kingdom"
"Palestinian Jews sought refuge at Damascus from the enormous taxes imposed upon them by the Crusaders, thus increasing the community. Little information exists concerning the Jews in Damascus during the following centuries. The few data are given by travelers who visited the place. In 1128 Abraham ibn Ezra visited Damascus (though compare the note of Harkavy.) According to Edelmann, Judah ha-Levi composed his famous poem on Zion in this city; but Harkavy has shown that ""ash-Sham"" here designates Palestine and not Damascus. In 1267 Nahmanides visited Damascus and succeeded in leading a Jewish colony to Jerusalem. Benjamin of Tudela visited"
"Hellas (poem) Hellas is a verse drama by Percy Bysshe Shelley, written in 1821 and published in 1822 by Charles and James Ollier in London. Shelley wrote it while living in Pisa, with a view to raising money for the Greek War of Independence. It was to be Shelley’s last published poem during his lifetime. The dedication of the drama was : ""«Τo Ηis Εxcellency Prince Alexander Mavrocordato late secretary for foreign affairs to the Hospodar of Wallachia the drama of Hellas is inscribed as ""an imperfect token of the admiration, sympathy, and friendship of the author. Pisa, November 1,"
"Ozymandias ""Ozymandias"" ( ) is the title of two poems published in 1818. English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) wrote a sonnet, first published in the 11 January 1818 issue of ""The Examiner"" in London. It was included the following year in Shelley's collection ""Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; with Other Poems"" (1819) and in a posthumous compilation of his poems published in 1826. ""Ozymandias"" is Shelley's most famous work and is frequently anthologised. Shelley wrote the poem in friendly competition with his friend and fellow poet Horace Smith (1779–1849), who also wrote a sonnet on the same"
"Jerusalem, du hochgebaute Stadt ""Jerusalem, du hochgebaute Stadt"" is a German Christian hymn with lyrics written by the Lutheran Johann Matthäus Meyfart in 1626, and a melody possibly by Melchior Franck. Its theme is the New Jerusalem as the ultimate destination of the Soul, as the subtitle says ""Ein Lied vom Himmlischen Jerusalem"" (A song of the Heavenly Jerusalem). Originally in eight stanzas, it appears in seven stanzas in the Protestant hymnal ""Evangelisches Gesangbuch"" as EG 150), and in five stanzas in the Catholic ""Gotteslob"" as GL 553. It was of only regional importance during the Baroque period, but was"
"vision. He also wrote 23 Anacreontic (classical metre) poems on such themes as the Muslim siege of Jerusalem and on various liturgical celebrations. His ""Anacreontica"" 19 and 20 seem to be an expression of the longing desire he had of the Holy City, possibly when he was absent from Jerusalem during one of his many journeys. The order of the two poems has to be inverted to establish a correct sequence of the diverse subjects. Arranged in this way, the two poems describe a complete circuit throughout the most important sanctuaries of Jerusalem at the end of the 6th century,"
"myth. In ""Jerusalem"" (1804–1820), it is said that Los was the progenitor of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and the other Biblical spiritual leaders. The work also describes the Four Zoas that are four parts that were united in Eternity but exist in a state similar to a giant after their fall. These four parts include Los and Urizen along with Tharmas and Luvah. The Four Zoas appear also in 2nd edition of ""Vala, or the Four Zoas"" (1807) and ""Milton: a Poem"". In ""Milton: a Poem"" (1804–1810), Los appears as a flaming sun. This view of Los and the sun"
"Jerusalem of Gold ""Jerusalem of Gold"" (, ""Yerushalayim Shel Zahav"") is an Israeli song written by Naomi Shemer. It is also the unofficial national anthem of Israel, often contrasted with the official anthem Hatikva. The original song described the Jewish people's 2,000-year longing to return to Jerusalem; Shemer added a final verse after the Six-Day War to celebrate Jerusalem's re-unification. Naomi Shemer wrote the original song for the Israeli Song Festival (it was not in competition but had been commissioned by the Mayor, Teddy Kollek), held on 15 May 1967, the night after Israel's nineteenth Independence Day. She chose the"
"poem. Hymn of the Pearl The Hymn of the Pearl (also Hymn of the Soul, Hymn of the Robe of Glory or Hymn of Judas Thomas the Apostle) is a passage of the apocryphal ""Acts of Thomas"". In that work, originally written in Syriac, the Apostle Thomas sings the hymn while praying for himself and fellow prisoners. Some scholars believe the hymn antedates the Acts, as it only appears in one Syriac manuscript and one Greek manuscript of the Acts of Thomas. The author of the Hymn is unknown, though there is a belief that it was composed by the"
"at boys' schools. The English critic George Saintsbury (1845–1933) recorded that ""Every girl from Scott's heroines to my own sisters seem to have been taught Dante and Petrarch and Tasso and even Ariosto, as a matter of course."" The numerous paintings inspired by the poem include: Jerusalem Delivered Jerusalem Delivered also known as The Liberation of Jerusalem ( ) is an epic poem by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso, first published in 1581, that tells a largely mythified version of the First Crusade in which Christian knights, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, battle Muslims in order to take Jerusalem. The"
"the earth. To the Fourth of July To the Fourth of July is an English poem written by Indian monk and social reformer Swami Vivekananda. Vivekananda wrote the poem on 4 July 1898 on the anniversary of the United States' independence. In this poem Vivekananda praised and glorified liberty and the poem is described as a passionate utterance of his powerful longing for freedom. Coincidentally Vivekananda himself died on 4 July 1902. In 1893 Vivekananda went to the United States to represent India and Hinduism in the Parliament of the World's Religions. After getting overwhelming success in the Parliament, from"
"an outbreak of violence. The Destruction of Sennacherib ""The Destruction of Sennacherib"" is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1815 in his ""Hebrew Melodies"". It is based on an event from the campaign by Assyrian king Sennacherib to capture Jerusalem, as described in the Bible (2 Kings 18–19, Isaiah 36–37). The poem is based on the biblical account of the historical Assyrian besieging of Jerusalem in 701 BC. The rhythm of the poem has a feel of the beat of a galloping horse's hooves (an anapestic tetrameter) as the Assyrian rides into battle. For clarification, YHWH here relates"
"The Destruction of Sennacherib ""The Destruction of Sennacherib"" is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1815 in his ""Hebrew Melodies"". It is based on an event from the campaign by Assyrian king Sennacherib to capture Jerusalem, as described in the Bible (2 Kings 18–19, Isaiah 36–37). The poem is based on the biblical account of the historical Assyrian besieging of Jerusalem in 701 BC. The rhythm of the poem has a feel of the beat of a galloping horse's hooves (an anapestic tetrameter) as the Assyrian rides into battle. For clarification, YHWH here relates to God. The poem"