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Little Fly,<br> | |||
Thy summer's play<br> | |||
My thoughtless hand<br> | |||
Has brushed away.<br> | |||
<br> | |||
Am not I<br> | |||
A fly like thee?<br> | |||
Or art not thou<br> | |||
A man like me?<br> | |||
<br> | |||
For I dance<br> | |||
And drink and sing,<br> | |||
Till some blind hand<br> | |||
Shall brush my wing.<br> | |||
<br> | |||
If thought is life<br> | |||
And strength and breath,<br> | |||
And the want<br> | |||
Of thought is death,<br> | |||
<br> | |||
Then am I<br> | |||
A happy fly,<br> | |||
If I live<br> | |||
Or if I die.<br> | |||
<br> | |||
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- Editor: Huub de Lange (added 2007-09-20). Score information: Unknown, 7 pages, 157 kbytes Copyright: Personal
General Information
Title: The Fly
Composer: Huub de Lange
Poet: William Blake (1757-1827)
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsongs
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 2007
Description: Composition on a poem by William Blake (1757-1827)
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Original text and translations
English text
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.