Jerusalem the Golden (hymn)
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For the 1967 Israeli song, see Jerusalem of Gold.
"Jerusalem the Golden" is a nineteenth-century Christian hymn by John Mason Neale. The text is from Neale's translation of a section of Bernard of Cluny's Latin verse satire De Contemptu Mundi.
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Genre | Hymn |
Text | John Mason Neale, Bernard of Cluny |
Based on | Revelation 21:1-2 |
Meter | 7.6.7.6 D |
Melody | "Ewing" by Alexander Ewing |
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