The Fly

General information

Lyricist is William Blake.

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Ty Kroll — The Fly  English SATB
• Huub de Lange — The Fly  English SATB

Text and translations

English text 1  Little Fly, Thy summer's play My thoughtless hand Has brush'd away.

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

3  For I dance And drink & sing: Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing;

4  If thought is life And strength & breath And the want Of thought is death.

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