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SONG by WILLIAM BLAKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: LOVE AND HARMONY COMBINE
Last Line: AND DOTH AMONG OUR BRANCHES PLAY.
Subject(s): BIBLE; BIRDS; LOVE; MYTHOLOGY;

Love and harmony combine,
And around our souls intwine,
While thy branches mix with mine,
And our roots together join.

Joys upon our branches sit,
Chirping loud, and singing sweet;
Like gentle streams beneath our feet
Innocence and virtue meet.

Thou the golden fruit dost bear,
I am clad in flowers fair;
Thy sweet boughs perfume the air,
And the turtle buildeth there.

There she sits and feeds her young,
Sweet I hear her mournful song;
And thy lovely leaves among,
There is love: I hear his tongue.

There his charming nest doth lay,
There he sleeps the night away;
There he sports along the day,
And doth among our branches play.




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