บทกลอนฉบับดั้งเดิมปรากฏใน Milton, a Poem ของเบลค ตามหลังท่อนที่เริ่มด้วย "The Stolen and Perverted Writings of Homer & Ovid: of Plato & Cicero, which all Men ought to contemn: ..."[9]

Blake's poem

And did those feet in ancient time,
Walk upon Englands[lower-alpha 2] mountains green:
And was the holy Lamb of God,
On Englands pleasant pastures seen!

And did the Countenance Divine,
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these dark Satanic Mills?

Bring me my Bow of burning gold:
Bring me my Arrows of desire:
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold:
Bring me my Chariot of fire!

I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In Englands green & pleasant Land.

ใต้บทกลอนนี้ เบลคได้ระบุบทหนึ่งจากพระคัมภีร์ว่า:[10]

"Would to God that all the Lords[lower-alpha 3] people were Prophets"
Numbers XI. Ch 29.v[9]