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Laughing Song by William Blake
The poem Laughing Song by William Blake (from Songs of Innocence) is a depiction of an ideal world. ... In this poem, the poet describes the merry-making natural things and urges the people (particularly the Romantics) to join him in singing songs in the appreciation of nature's beauty.

Poem: "Laughing Song" by William Blake

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Laughing Song - by William Blake, set to music.

I wrote a tune for William Blake's poem "Laughing Song" to help people memorize it. Laughing Song is a poem published in 1789 by the English poet William Blake. This poem is one of nineteen in Blake's collection Songs of Innocence.

SOURCE: Ezra Tillman (2020), posted on YouTube, [1:55 mins] URL: https://youtu.be/y53O78QWe7M