DAVID EDGAR WALTHER DEEP PASSIONATE NIGHT MUSIC
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​Blake Songs: 5. Infant Joy & 6. The Fly: 
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Our first Groundhog Day birthday boy, Dr. Sam Walter, piano, is joined his son, composer & bass-baritone,  David Edgar  Walther, our second Groundhog
Day birthday boy. The Poem is by William Blake:
DavidEdgarWalther · Blake 5. Infant Joy & 6. The Fly: Walther/Walter
Infant Joy
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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. ​
​The Fly
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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.

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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    • Biography
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    • Education
    • Teachers
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    • I. Chamber
    • II. Keyboard
    • III. Orchestra
    • IV. Dance
    • V. Voice
    • VI. Chorus
    • VII. Opera
    • VIII. Music Theater
    • IX. Critical Editions
    • James Joyce
    • Emily Dickinson
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