| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909. | | | | Laughing Song | | By William Blake (1757–1827) |
| | | WHEN the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, | |
| And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; | |
| When the air does laugh with our merry wit, | |
| And the green hill laughs with the noise of it; | |
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| When the meadows laugh with lively green, | 5 |
| And the grasshopper laughs in the merry scene, | |
| When Mary and Susan and Emily | |
| With their sweet round mouths sing ‘Ha, Ha, He!’ | |
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| When the painted birds laugh in the shade, | |
| When our table with cherries and nuts is spread, | 10 |
| Come live, and be merry, and join with me, | |
| To sing the sweet chorus of ‘Ha, Ha, He!’ | | | | |
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