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reeds 7 #16 (kent): photo by chrisfriel, 13 March 2014
Piping down the valleys wild,
Piping songs of pleasant glee,
On a cloud I saw a child,
And he laughing said to me:
'Pipe a song about a Lamb!'
So I piped with merry cheer.
'Piper, pipe that song again;'
So I piped: he wept to hear.
'Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe;
Sing thy songs of happy cheer!'
So I sung the same again,
While he wept with joy to hear.
'Piper, sit thee down and write
In a book that all may read.'
So he vanish'd from my sight;
And I pluck'd a hollow reed,
And I made a rural pen,
And I stain'd the water clear,
And I wrote my happy songs
Every child may joy to hear.
WilliamBlake (1757-1827): Introduction to Songs of Innocence (1789-1795)
Piping songs of pleasant glee,
On a cloud I saw a child,
And he laughing said to me:
'Pipe a song about a Lamb!'
So I piped with merry cheer.
'Piper, pipe that song again;'
So I piped: he wept to hear.
'Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe;
Sing thy songs of happy cheer!'
So I sung the same again,
While he wept with joy to hear.
'Piper, sit thee down and write
In a book that all may read.'
So he vanish'd from my sight;
And I pluck'd a hollow reed,
And I made a rural pen,
And I stain'd the water clear,
And I wrote my happy songs
Every child may joy to hear.
WilliamBlake (1757-1827): Introduction to Songs of Innocence (1789-1795)
reeds 2 #528 (kent): photo by chrisfriel, 22 January 2014
reeds 4 #236 (kent): photo by chrisfriel, 22 January 2014
130214 #98 (lake, winter): photo by chrisfriel, 10 February 2014
lake 2 #14: photo by chrisfriel, 13 February 2014
wave 14 #634: photo by chrisfriel, 27 February 2014
wave 14 #746 (beach, kent): photo by chrisfriel, 27 January 2014
wave 10 #528 (kent): photo by chrisfriel, 27 January 2014
fire 1 #73: photo by chrisfriel, 14 March 2014