{"slug": "jerusalem-the-golden", "title": "Jerusalem the Golden", "first_line": "Jerusalem the golden, with milk and honey blest", "author": "bernard-of-cluny", "author_date": "1146", "translator": "john-mason-neale", "translator_date": "1858", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [7, 6, 7, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Angels", "Anticipation", "Brevity of Life", "Church in Heaven", "Church on Earth (Church Militant)", "Consecration", "Cross", "Eternal Life", "God, Care of", "Heaven", "Hope", "Israel", "Jesus", "Joy", "Martyrs", "Presence", "Security", "Victory"], "scripture": ["Revelation 21:18-23", "2 Corinthians 4:17-18", "Revelation 7:9-17", "Isaiah 60:19-20"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "hymns-ancient-and-modern-1861", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Bernard of Cluny 1146; tr. John Mason Neale 1858. All pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Jer -- u -- sa -- lem the gol -- den, with milk and hon -- ey blest, Be -- neath thy con -- tem -- pla -- tion sink heart and voice op -- pressed. I know not, O I know not, what joys a -- wait us there, What ra -- dian -- cy of glo -- ry, what bliss be -- yond com -- pare.", "prose": ["Jerusalem the golden,", "with milk and honey blest,", "Beneath thy contemplation", "sink heart and voice oppressed.", "I know not, O I know not,", "what joys await us there,", "What radiancy of glory,", "what bliss beyond compare."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "They stand, those halls of Zi -- on, all ju -- bi -- lant with song, And bright with man -- y'an an -- gel, and all the mar -- tyr throng; The Prince is ev -- er in them, the day -- light is ser -- ene. The pas -- tures of the bless -- ed are decked in glor -- ious sheen.", "prose": ["They stand, those halls of Zion,", "all jubilant with song,", "And bright with many an angel,", "and all the martyr throng;", "The Prince is ever in them,", "the daylight is serene.", "The pastures of the blessed", "are decked in glorious sheen."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "There is the throne of Da -- vid, and there, from care re -- leased, The shout of them that tri -- umph, the song of them that feast; And they are with their Lead -- er, who con -- quered in the fight, And won for them for -- ev -- er their gleam -- ing robes of white.", "prose": ["There is the throne of David,", "and there, from care released,", "The shout of them that triumph,", "the song of them that feast;", "And they are with their Leader,", "who conquered in the fight,", "And won for them forever", "their gleaming robes of white."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "O sweet and bless -- ed coun -- try, the home of God's e -- lect! O sweet and bless -- ed coun -- try, that ea -- ger hearts ex -- pect! Je -- sus, in mer -- cy bring us to that dear land of rest, Who art, with God the Fa -- ther, and Spir -- it, ev -- er blessed.", "prose": ["O sweet and blessed country,", "the home of God's elect!", "O sweet and blessed country,", "that eager hearts expect!", "Jesus, in mercy bring us", "to that dear land of rest,", "Who art, with God the Father,", "and Spirit, ever blessed."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Brief life is here our por -- tion, brief sor -- row, short lived care; The life that knows no end -- ing, the tear -- less life, is there. O ha -- ppy ret -- ri -- bu -- tion! Short toil, e -- ter -- nal rest; For mor -- tals and for sin -- ners, a man -- sion with the blest.", "prose": ["Brief life is here our portion,", "brief sorrow, short lived care;", "The life that knows no ending,", "the tearless life, is there.", "O happy retribution!", "Short toil, eternal rest;", "For mortals and for sinners,", "a mansion with the blest."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}