Blake Songs 5. Infant Joy & 6. The Fly: Susan Craft Larson, mezzo-soprano; pianist, Yelena Birayeva; music by David Edgar Walther. Happy Birthday, Haig. The poems, by William Blake, are printed at the bottom of this page:

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

5.  Infant Joy
​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
​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.