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Infant Joy and Infant Sorrow (Blake)

Posted by Pharmakon on 2024-February-27 18:29:05, Tuesday
In reply to Bound and Weary, I thought best . . . posted by Scotusbaby on 2024-February-27 15:11:37, Tuesday
Infant Joy (Songs of Innocence, 1789)
BY WILLIAM BLAKE

I have no name
I am but two days old.—
What shall I call thee?
I happy am
Joy is my name,—
Sweet joy befall thee!

Pretty joy!
Sweet joy but two days old,
Sweet joy I call thee;
Thou dost smile.
I sing the while
Sweet joy befall thee.


Infant Sorrow (Songs of Experience, 1794)
BY WILLIAM BLAKE

My mother groand! my father wept.
Into the dangerous world I leapt:
Helpless, naked, piping loud;
Like a fiend hid in a cloud.

Struggling in my fathers hands:
Striving against my swaddling bands:
Bound and weary I thought best
To sulk upon my mothers breast.

hugzu ;-p


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