The Mind

The Fly

by William Blake 1757–1827

From Songs Of Experience

The Mind

Little Fly,
Thy summer's play
My thoughtless hand
Has brushed away.

Am not I
A fly like thee?
Or art not thou
A man like me?

For I dance
And drink, and sing,
Till some blind hand
Shall brush my wing.

If thought is life
And strength and breath
And the want
Of thought is death;

Then am I
A happy fly,
If I live,
Or if I die.

MLA

Blake, William. “The Fly.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/28/.

Chicago

Blake, William. “The Fly.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/28/.

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