by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Sound the Flute!
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Language: English
Sound the Flute! Now it's mute. Birds delight Day and Night. Nightingale In the dale, Lark in Sky, Merrily, Merrily Merrily to welcome in the Year. Little Boy, Full of Joy; Little Girl, Sweet and small. Cock does crow, So do you. Merry voice Infant noise Merrily Merrily to welcome in the Year. Little Lamb Here I am, Come and lick My white neck. Let me pull Your soft Wool. Let me kiss Your soft face. Merrily Merrily we welcome in the Year.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with William Blake, Songs of Innocence, 1789.
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- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "Spring", appears in Songs of Innocence and Experience, in Songs of Innocence, no. 15, first published 1789 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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