NURSE’S SONGS

NURSE’S SONGS

William  blake .

When the  voices’ of  children  are heard on the   green ,

            And  laughing   is  heard on the hill ,

My heart is at  rest within my  breast ,

And   everything   else it still.

Then come leave  home my children  , the sun is  gone down ,

                        And   the dews of night arise ;

 Come  , come  leave   off   play , and  let us away ,

                   Till the morning  appears I the skies.

ON   no , let us play , for it is   yet  day  ,

And  we cannot  go to  sleep ;

Besides , in the sky the little  birds  fly ,

And  the  hills are all covered  with  sheep.

‘Well ,well , go and  play  till the light  fades  away,

 And then  go home to bed ,

 The  little ones  leaped and  shouted and laughed ,

And  all the hills  echoed