Infant Joy

William Blake(1757–1827)

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, 1789

I have no nameI am but two days old,—What shall I call thee?I happy amJoy is my name,—Sweet joy befall thee!

Pretty joy!Sweet joy but two days old,Sweet joy I call thee:Thou dost smile,I sing the whileSweet joy befall thee.

From Songs of Innocence and of Experience, via the English Wikisource transcription (1826 edition).

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