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The Fly

By William Blake

Topics: classic

Little Fly,     Thy summer's play     My thoughtless hand     Has brushed away.     Am not I     A fly like thee?     Or art not thou     A man like me?     For I dance     And drink, and sing,     Till some blind hand     Shall brush my wing.     If thought is life     And strength and breath     And the want     Of thought is death;     Then am I     A happy fly,     If I live,     Or if I die.

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William Blake

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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