“The Fly” by William Blake [w/ Audio]

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Source: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab
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.

5 thoughts on ““The Fly” by William Blake [w/ Audio]”

  3. Thanks for sharing this. I adore his paintings (colored prints) but I’m less familiar with his poetry. I use his images sometimes to illustrate my writing and people think they are something new and edgy. A cutting edge from the distant past.

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