William Blake

Here you will find the Poem Introduction to the Songs of Innocence of poet William Blake

Introduction to the Songs of Innocence

Piping down the valleys wild,
 Piping songs of pleasant glee,
 On a cloud I saw a child,
 And he laughing said to me:
 
 'Pipe a song about a Lamb!'
 So I piped with merry cheer.
 'Piper, pipe that song again;'
 So I piped: he wept to hear.
 
 'Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe;
 Sing thy songs of happy cheer:!'
 So I sang the same again,
 While he wept with joy to hear.
 
 'Piper, sit thee down and write
 In a book, that all may read.'
 So he vanish'd from my sight;
 And I pluck'd a hollow reed,
 
 And I made a rural pen,
 And I stain'd the water clear,
 And I wrote my happy songs
 Every child may joy to hear.