a Blake Poem

[Ayla ny]

I took the kids to a playland type thing today, and to block out the sound of screaming children 🙂 I brought along Songs of Innocence and of Experience. it includes this bit of prose and I thought maybe the folks here would enjoy reading it.



Laughing Song

When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy
And the dimpling stream runs laughing by,
When the air does laugh with our merry wit,
And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.

When the meadows laugh with lively green
and the grasshopper laughs in the merry scene,
When Mary and Susan and Emily,
With their sweet round mouths sing Ha, Ha, He.

When the painted birds laugh in the shade
Where our table with cherries and nuts is spread
Come live & be merry and join with me,
To sing the sweet chorus of Ha, Ha, He.

 

[Boomtown13]

Okay, Cavebear, did you just post this thread because you knew its spirit would summon me?

I posted this poem quite a few months back, when someone asked for a tickling group theme song. I'm not surprised it jumped out at you too. Those songs of innocence and experience are some wonderful little gems, no? That Blake. An early Jim Morrison if ever there was one. Or, rather, Jim Morrison wished he were Blake.

Anyway, I was going to respond to Bella's email, which I heard was calling my name. I guess I'll do that now.

Hi, everyone. Long time.

Boom

 

[justmyfeet]

Blake is fantastic...Songs of Innocence and Experience is generally to be found in my work bag...just so I can read it again and again when the urge takes me

 

[Ayla ny]

why, if it isn’t the tickling alchemist!

my post's summoning you is just a happy coincidence (personally, I think it's the telepath I bribed lol). it does make sense tho... it was you who got me reading Blake in the first place. 🙂

glad to see that life has settled down enough for you take a little time for yourself. even if it is just a few minutes to browse TMF and catch up with old friends.