HYMN TO XENOPHOBIC BRITAIN
And did those feet in modern time,
Walk upon Europe’s pastures green,
And was the holy lamb of God
With cumin, cooked in open air tureens.
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And did the Far Right asinine
Shout ‘foul!’ upon on our crowded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded there,
In Calais’ tents, as trash in French landfills.
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Bring me my bow of burning gold;
Bring me my gallows of desire;
Bring me my spear; O crowds unfold!
Bring me my bulldozers of fire!
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I will not cease from mental Right,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem
Elsewhere from England’s dark and peasant Land.
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