Love

The Song of Phebe and Jellicoe

by William Blake 1757–1827

From An Island in the Moon (c. 1784)

Love

Phebe drest like beautie's Queen,
Jellicoe in faint peagreen,
Sitting all beneath a grot,
Where the little lambkins trot.

Maidens dancing, loves a sporting,
All the country folks a courting,
Susan, Johnny, Bob, & Joe,
Lightly tripping on a row.

Happy people, who can be
In happiness compar'd with ye?
The Pilgrim with his crook & hat
Sees your happiness compleat.

MLA

Blake, William. “The Song of Phebe and Jellicoe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/111/.

Chicago

Blake, William. “The Song of Phebe and Jellicoe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/111/.

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