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Songs of Innocence and of Experience

LAUGHING SONG

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Blake, William
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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;
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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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When the painted birds laugh in the shade, Where our table with cherries and nuts is spread: Come live, and be merry, and join with me, To sing the sweet chorus of ‘Ha ha he!’

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Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Project Gutenberg eBook #1934

THE LITTLE BOY FOUND A CRADLE SONG