THE FLY
by
William Blake
1794
Little Fly,
Thy summer's play
My thoughtless hand
Has brush'd away.
a fly like thee?
Or art thou not
a man like me?
For I dance,
And drink, & sing,
Till some blind hand
Shall brush my wing.
If Thought is life
And strength & breath,
And the want
Of thought is death;
Then am I,
A happy fly,
If I live
Or if I die.