Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LAUGHING SONG, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy Last Line: "to sing the sweet chorus of ""ha, ha, he!" Variant Title(s): Laughing Song Subject(s): Bible; Forests; Laughter; Mythology; Spring; Woods | ||||||||
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!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRINCESS WAKES IN THE WOOD by RANDALL JARRELL CHAMBER MUSIC: 20 by JAMES JOYCE ADVICE TO A FOREST by MAXWELL BODENHEIM A SOUTH CAROLINA FOREST by AMY LOWELL JOY IN THE WOODS by CLAUDE MCKAY IN BLACKWATER WOODS by MARY OLIVER THE PLACE I WANT TO GET BACK TO by MARY OLIVER A CRADLE SONG by WILLIAM BLAKE |
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