May We Keep Our Green and Pleasant Land, Please?
Till We Have Built Jerusalem
In Englands´Green and Pleasant Land.
Words by William Blake
A green and pleasant land, this country once was called,
Green it is, mountains, valleys, and ancient castle walls,
Yet pleasant land is failing us,
The human element forges in,
To this green and pleasant land.
Though woods and forests hold no terror
of grisly bears or tigers,
The terror comes from man himself
In this green and pleasant land
The landfills full of rubbish, are quickly filling up.
The Oceans being poisoned , When will man give up?
Give in and realise,........
Unless we love this land and show it some respect,
and work as one, hand in hand,
there´ll be no more,
A green and pleasant land.
A wasteland fit for no life...is what we´ll end up with.
It´s overtime, way past the time,
that we all should give,
As much as we can manage.
We can only do our best, But our BEST we have to do,
before we take a rest.
And look again at what we have,
in this green and pleasant land.
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Pleased to meet you too, the buttercup fairy sent me :)
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Oh , How lovely.! Thank you SilverGenes.
The green and pleasant land is what holds our hearts, nourishes our bodies, and inspires us to dream. Your poem has done that for me. Beautiful, Dim!
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Thank you for your very apt comment.
Pleased to meet you on hubpages.
Moment of truth...
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Great to see you, runabsract. Thank you for your time and lovely comment.
Take care.
If more peple had hearts like yours, we would all be able to have a more beautiful planet!
Thank you so much for this meaningful poem!
Voted up and more!
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What a wonderful response to my hub.! Thank you so much , Teylina.
I remember I copied and pasted to WORD one of my poems, then printed it out.
Don´t know if that will help you. , But it´s a great compliment that you ´d like to download. I´ll be sure to pass this on to my friend who took the pictures.
Oh, Dim, how much I enjoy this. I feel like downloading and framing. I don't even know if I can do that, but it brings tears to my eyes, as I know so many thousands who just won't believe they can do anything. And thanks to your photographer for such imagery!
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mckbrdbks. I am grateful you take the time to read and comment.
Thank you so much. I must give credit to my friend who took the photographs.
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Hi there, Imkarm, Thank you for the comment. My frind is the photographer. She´ll be very pleased you liked them.
We´re fortunate enough to live in thse surroundings, but some parts of the planet are being so , so ruined ....
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Molymeadows. Thank you for reading and commenting. I did really mean the whole earth, I just like the expression from the song ´´Jerusalem´´ where it mentions Englands green and pleasant land.
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Sharon christy,. Thank you so much.
I cannot take credit for the pictures , but I will pass on your comment to my friend who took them.
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Hi Jaye Wisdom,
I appreciate you taking the time to comment and must agree with all you say.
I´m, so happy that so many people have reacted as you have.
We only have one earth.
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Thank you Vincent. I loved your comment.
I can't add anything more to what Vincent Moore has expressed. Your photographs are beautiful. All thinking people agree with you.
Excellent message, lovely poem - STUNNING photos! Wow!
Yes, please preserve your green and pleasant land...I'd like to see it someday! Gorgeous!
Beautiful! Pictures are amazing!
Beautiful verses and, oh, so true. Humans must first, care about our planet, then do everything each as an individual can do toward preserving our "green and pleasant land" no matter where it is on the sphere. It's difficult for individuals to fight back against corporations (which are responsible for much of the toxic waste), but we must make every effort (both as individuals and in groups with clout) if our land is to survive.
Thanks for a lovely poem and fitting tribute to the upcoming Earth Day.
Yes indeed you've nailed the problem so keenly. It's man's battles and greed that is defrauding us all of the green. Our cities are populating with political woe from all types of immigrants and foreigners who are exploding in droves.
Man is tossing it's garbage from sea to sea and along with it comes war, terror, crime and bloodshed in our streets. Mother Nature is reclaiming her rightful place on her dying planet and causing man to fall to his knees.
Time will tell, but certainty is at our doorsteps. Man will pay for taking away the beauty of the color green and turning it grey and black where only Hell resides. Let's turn our damage around and reap the benefits and rewards or else be scattered and destroyed by our maker and creator of this place we call home.
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Good for you. We need people like you investigating.
Thank you very much for stopping by my page and leaving a comment.
All the best for your endevours.
This is a great hub! I am currently researching chemical trails and their effects on land and water.
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Hi moonlake, What a lovely name.!
It´s sad that people drop trash anywhere and everywhere.
At least you are doing what you can, as I try to.
Take care.
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Hi Sunnie Day. Always wonderful to see your smile on my page.
Thank you so much for the comment.
Take care
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Hello 2patricias
Thank you so much for the comment. As a child in the 1950s I would never have been allowed to throw even a tiny sweet wrapper out of a car window. Mum always had a bag for all the rubbish as we went on our way anywhere.
Great to meet you on hubpages. Take care.
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Hi JKenny,
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot (The big yellow taxi by Joni Mitchell) Before your time, that song, I imagine, but she sure had the right idea of what was about to happen.
Loved your comment. Thank you very much
Beautiful pictures. I was thinking of taking pictures of the trash along the highway. They are slow to cleaning everything up around here this year. We pick up the few things we can but we can't get it all. Great Hub voted up.
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WOW!!!! Leni sands, That´s quite a bagfull of compliments. Thank you for all the sharing .
Take care.
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Thank you m,ovie master. Cherish is such a beautiful word ísn´t it?
Take care
Beautiful Pictures Dim that evoke much thought to preserving the wonders of this earth, one of my own hearts desires. It is so sad... it is a very serious issue and you have brought it to the front of the line..Thank you dear friend.
Sunnie
I do so agree with the sentiments expressed in your poem. I have the privilege of living in a beautiful place - but so many people seem blind to their surroundings. Some people take no care - throwing rubbish from cars, etc. It will soon spoil things for us all.
Great hub, its always nice to meet a like-minded person here on Hubpages. I despair for our so called green and pleasant land, I'm noticing more and more housing developments everywhere I go. How long will it be before the whole country is paved over. Thank you very much for sharing. Voted up and shared.
Fabulous, voted up, shared with followers and on facebook, and stumbled-upon, reddit - love it! Useful, awesome and interesting.
Excellent work, we live in a beautiful world and this is a reminder we should cherish and preserve it.
Voted up and shared
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Hi billybuc. Thanks for the positive feedback.
Take care.
Earth Day is approaching; this is a wonderful reminder of our responsibilities as stewards of this Earth. Great job my friend!
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Thanks anndavis.
Good to see you here , I always appreciate your comments.
Thank God for people who have the same sentiments as you. Preserving the beauty of our inviornment is a great and worty cause.
Lovely photos...so green and peaceful. AD
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