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Laughing Song

By William Blake

Topics: classic

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, and be merry, and join with me,     To sing the sweet chorus of "Ha, ha, he!"

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About William Blake

William Blake (1757–1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker who created his own illuminated books. His collections "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience" contain poems like "The Tyger" and "London," exploring innocence, oppression, and visionary imagination.

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