Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NURSE'S SONG, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When the voices of children are heard on the green / and laughing is heard Last Line: And all the hills ecchoed Variant Title(s): Play Time Subject(s): Bible; Children; Evening; Innocence; Mythology; Play; Time; Childhood; Sunset; Twilight | ||||||||
When the voices of children are heard on the green And laughing is heard on the hill, My heart is at rest within my breast And every thing else is still Then come home my children, the sun is gone down And the dews of night arise Come come leave off play, and let us away Till the morning appears in the skies No no let us play, for it is yet day And we cannot go to sleep Besides in the sky, the little birds fly And the hills are all coverd with sheep Well well go & play till the light fades away And then go home to bed The little ones leaped & shouted & laugh'd And all the hills ecchoed | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOURNEY INTO THE EYE by DAVID LEHMAN FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK by DENISE LEVERTOV THE HOUSE OF DUST: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN TWILIGHT COMES by HAYDEN CARRUTH IN THE EVENINGS by LUCILLE CLIFTON NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE A CRADLE SONG by WILLIAM BLAKE |
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