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Songs of Summer 5. Infant Joy & 
6. The Fly: Susan Craft Larson,
​mezzo-soprano; and pianist,
Yelena Birayeva; music by
David Edgar Walther; poems
​by William Blake (below):

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DavidEdgarWalther · Blake 5. Infant Joy & 6. The Fly: Craft Larson/Birayeva

​5.  Infant Joy,
​a song of Innocence 

​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. ​
6.  The Fly,
a song of Experience

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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.

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​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.
David Edgar Walther Copyright 2023
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