Blake's Joseph of Arimathea among the Rocks of Albion. |
As for myself,
I have a special devotion to St. Joseph of Arimathea, whom the legends tell us
brought Christianity to the British Isles when he landed at Glastonbury and
made it the “holiest erthe in Englande.”
The all-in versions of the story say that earlier he brought the boy
Jesus with him on one of his trading journeys, inspiring William Blake to
write:
And did those feet in ancient time.
Walk upon Englands mountains green:
And was the holy Lamb of God,
On Englands pleasant pastures seen!
Am I forgetting anyone? It's such a busy time of year it's hard to keep up.