Forget Thee Jerusalem

Famous quotes containing the words forget, thee and/or jerusalem:

    Young people don’t know what age is, and old people forget what youth was.
    Irish Proverb.

    All which I took from thee I did but take,
    Not for thy harms,
    But just that thou might’st seek it in My arms.
    Francis Thompson (1859–1907)

    Comfort, comfort ye my people, speak ye peace, thus saith our God;
    comfort those who sit in darkness mourning ‘neath their sorrows’ load.
    Speak ye to Jerusalem of the peace that waits for them;
    tell her that her sins I cover, and her warfare now is over.
    Johann G. Olearius (1611–1684)