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
William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, with an introduction and notes by Geoffrey Keynes (Oxford, 1967)
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