Jerusalem/history

Famous quotes containing the words jerusalem and/or history:

“And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these dark Satanic Mills?”
—William Blake (1757–1827)

“I saw the Arab map.
It resembled a mare shuffling on,
dragging its history like saddlebags,
nearing its tomb and the pitch of hell.”
—Adonis [Ali Ahmed Said] (b. 1930)