{"id":4267,"date":"2010-04-12T19:44:32","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T02:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/?p=4267"},"modified":"2010-04-14T11:57:17","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T18:57:17","slug":"william-blake-songs-of-innocence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2010\/04\/12\/william-blake-songs-of-innocence\/","title":{"rendered":"William Blake: Songs of Innocence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Piping down the valleys wild,
\nPiping songs of pleasant glee,
\nOn a cloud I saw a child,
\nAnd he laughing said to me:<\/p>\n

\u2018Pipe a song about a Lamb!\u2019
\nSo I piped with merry cheer.
\n\u2018Piper, pipe that song again.\u2019
\nSo I piped: he wept to hear.<\/p>\n

\u2018Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe;
\nSing thy songs of happy cheer!\u2019
\nSo I sung the same again,
\nWhile he wept with joy to hear.<\/p>\n

\u2018Piper, sit thee down and write
\nIn a book, that all may read.\u2019
\nSo he vanished from my sight;
\nAnd I plucked a hollow reed,<\/p>\n

And I made a rural pen,
\nAnd I stained the water clear,
\nAnd I wrote my happy songs
\nEvery child may joy to hear.<\/p>\n

Songs of Innocence and of Experience<\/em> was written and illustrated by English poet, painter and printmaker, William Blake<\/a> in 1794.\u00a0 This poem is the introduction to the book.\u00a0 Seems pretty simple when you read it.\u00a0 But if you stare at it long enough, it gets really interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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