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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!’
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Laughing Song belongs to Songs of Innocence, published in 1789. Blake set his poems in hand lettered plates surrounded by his own drawings, so words and images were made in one operation. Mary, Susan and Emily, named in the last stanza, appear nowhere else in the collection. Project Gutenberg carries the full set.
About this text
Laughing Song belongs to Songs of Innocence, published in 1789. Blake set his poems in hand lettered plates surrounded by his own drawings, so words and images were made in one operation. Mary, Susan and Emily, named in the last stanza, appear nowhere else in the collection. Project Gutenberg carries the full set.
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