I Heard an Angel
William Blake
I heard an Angel singing
When the day was springing,
"Mercy, Pity, Peace
Is the world's release."
Infant Joy
William Blake
"I have no name;
I am but two days old."
What shall I call thee?
"I happy am,
Infant Sorrow
William Blake
My mother groaned, my father wept,
Into the dangerous world I leapt;
Helpless, naked, piping loud,
Like a fiend hid in a cloud.