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On 10/07/16 15:09, David Kastrup wrote: > J Martin Rushton <martinrushto...@btinternet.com> writes: > >> On 10/07/16 00:29, Anthony Youngman wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 07/07/16 19:02, David Wright wrote: >>>> BTW one of the odd "assumptions" made in LP is in that >>>> variable called poet. What about compositions whose lyrics >>>> are prose? >>> >>> Of which I guess there are very few :-) "Jerusalem" is a >>> pretty classic example - about the only one I can think of. >>> >> >> 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 >> those clouded hills And was Jerusalem builded here Among those >> dark, Satanic, mills? >> >> Bring me my bow of burning gold Bring me my arrows of desire >> Bring me my shield, Oh clouds unfold - Bring me my chariot of >> fire. I shall not cease from mental strife, Nor shall my sword >> sleep in my hand Till we have built Jerusalem In England's green >> and pleasant land! >> >> It scans (88.88.88.88), rhymes (abcb.defe), line breaks are >> phrase breaks (not arbitrary) - so how is it prose not poetry? > > I actually thought first of "Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst" by > Mauersberger after the bombing of Dresden. Which, while being the > text of "Klagelieder Jeremiahs" (English: "lamentations of > Jeremiah"), is pretty much prose. > > I suspect there are a few Jerusalems around... > True, but plain unqualified "Jerusalem" in Britain (and I suspect most of the Anglophone world) will be Blake's. We'll have to wait and see if Anthony comes back with an alternative. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJXgmJ3AAoJEAF3yXsqtyBlGUIP/jZPHBMZVOkVHTQdfzn5AlvS HgrW/5gx/42eS1A5rY71sXHOGuaJEfWNIDx3PJfpitJ7pzph7Ixzvb5bCAyFoqQp z1tDVV4UJya6PGJ55SSUbn3U1OteIFxvZR4eAgEw1WCEGMrRuiui1EMF7JwPhETN QxNHC3aVtSvU2U1YTi3OTNKTB2mlCqlc7PFJnZKRWpT0GBtrfYQI949zJKIfU1nG exLmW4EBroRFapW6mif7PX1rIJfRVVtTbPQ3IJpupmpJKP3sm+iXZd4uZiW7mixR fp5wO7AsANJ0rcy30y/xW9zPMbn0yjKGY4zS0rB2tHiKRFA6k+uZqRrc4+q+wCSe LXtyRHb+BsL+kjCjp0C3sWG5fyTgwvYc2fQKDD4BJUVw3h5T3sdj+TCAqsPj/w5z PkPwhVddb/X3309kxWeyJLfRmhN1ANLLXUtY3gLxOWXCWuSCYyUlSPovvAjyI0xR AZGzOMcHKFwD2q+/3XivNpbwt5wox7OnTnlgHER7HyGdCGQ58aNzdtj3wqycLjH6 o1n2+jV0wE5FMYIt7GF74L3+TL2F1JIEnuRPVkadKmS1JndYa4uSI0OGfuyONxZz xIXyuCfFFBKrbInS9T+z+pt9KPH6/vre2qhsiEX6S91EllWhp+53hptF6tEdIco2 ebzju6lg8n2y3Z62mAGo =/oHD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
