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SPRING, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: SOUND THE FLUTE!
Last Line: MERRILY, MERRILY, TO WELCOME IN THE YEAR.
Subject(s): BIBLE; MYTHOLOGY; SPRING;
Sound the flute!
Now it's mute!
Bird's 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, to welcome in the year.



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