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INFANT JOY, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: I HAVE NO NAME: / I AM BUT TWO DAYS OLD
Last Line: SWEET JOY BEFALL THEE!
Subject(s): BABIES; BIBLE; HAPPINESS; MYTHOLOGY; INFANTS; JOY; DELIGHT;

"I have no name;
I am but two days old."
What shall I call thee?
"I happy am,
Joy is my name."
Sweet joy befall thee!

Pretty joy!
Sweet joy, but two days old.
Sweet Joy I call thee:
Thou dost smile,
I sing the while;
Sweet joy befall thee!



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