The wild flower's song (stanza 1)

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From Notebook, p. 107, reversed. See also I slept in the dark, The wild flowers song, and Songs and Ballads.

1543466Notebook 30. The wild flower's song (stanza 1)William Blake

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The wild flower's song

As I wander'd the forest,
The green leaves among,
I heard a wild [thistle del.] flower
Singing a Song:

"I slept in the [dark 'del.] earth, &c."^[1]

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↑ The rest of the poem:

I slept in the earth
In the silent night
I murmurd my fears
And I felt delight

In the morning I went
As rosy as morn
To seek for new Joy,
But I met with scorn.

The title and introductory stanza and were written two pages after the 2nd and 3rd stanzas. G. Keynes printed them separately and numbered as Nos. 20 & 30. In some other editions they unnumbered and printed together.

[1] The rest of the poem:

I slept in the earth
In the silent night
I murmurd my fears
And I felt delight

In the morning I went
As rosy as morn
To seek for new Joy,
But I met with scorn.

The title and introductory stanza and were written two pages after the 2nd and 3rd stanzas. G. Keynes printed them separately and numbered as Nos. 20 & 30. In some other editions they unnumbered and printed together.

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