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William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909.

Infant Joy

William Blake (1757–1827)

‘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!