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Songs of Innocence and of Experience

by William Blake

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Spring

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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