Quote#Wisdom
Jerusalem the golden!
Quote byJohn Mason Neale · 1818–1866
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Jerusalem the Golden", sts. 1 and 2 (1851; rev. 1858).
English (original)
Jerusalem the golden! With milk and honey blest, Beneath thy contemplation Sink heart and voice opprest: I know not, oh, I know not What joys await us there; What radiancy of glory, What light beyond compare.
— John Mason Neale
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