Spring

William Blake(1757–1827)

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, 1789

Sound the Flute!Now it's mute.Birds delightDay and Night.NightingaleIn the daleLark in SkyMerrilyMerrily Merrily to welcome in the Year.

Little BoyFull of joy,Little GirlSweet and small,Cock does crowSo do you,Merry voiceInfant noiseMerrily Merrily to welcome in the Year

Little LambHere I amCome and lickMy white neck,Let me pullYour soft Wool,Let me kissYour soft face,Merrily Merrily we welcome in the Year

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

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