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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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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 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. |
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. |