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THE BLOSSOM, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: MERRY MERRY SPARROW!
Last Line: NEAR MY BOSOM.
Subject(s): BIBLE; BIRDS; FLOWERS; MYTHOLOGY;

Merry, merry sparrow!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Sees you, swift as arrow,
Seek your cradle narrow,
Near my bosom.
Pretty, pretty robin!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Hears you sobbing, sobbing,
Pretty, pretty robin,
Near my bosom.



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