{"id":221,"date":"2009-07-22T15:18:11","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T15:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janice-campbell.com\/?p=221"},"modified":"2015-08-31T22:56:15","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T22:56:15","slug":"the-schoolboy-by-william-blake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/the-schoolboy-by-william-blake\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Schoolboy&#8221;- A Summer Poem by William Blake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been awhile since I posted a poem, but when I heard someone talking about doing school through summer, I just had to post this one! Enjoy!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.naiwe.com\/images\/under-tree%28c%29Irochka-dt_3085501.jpg?resize=480%2C320\" alt=\"The proper joys of summer.\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The proper joys of summer.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I love to rise in a summer morn,<br \/>\nWhen the birds sing on every tree;<br \/>\nThe distant huntsman winds his horn,<br \/>\nAnd the skylark sings with me:<br \/>\nO what sweet company!<\/p>\n<p>But to go to school in a summer morn, \u2014<br \/>\nO it drives all joy away!<br \/>\nUnder a cruel eye outworn,<br \/>\nThe little ones spend the day<br \/>\nIn sighing and dismay.<\/p>\n<p>Ah then at times I drooping sit,<br \/>\nAnd spend many an anxious hour;<br \/>\nNor in my book can I take delight,<br \/>\nNor sit in learning\u2019s bower,<br \/>\nWorn through with the dreary shower.<\/p>\n<p>How can the bird that is born for joy<br \/>\nSit in a cage and sing?<br \/>\nHow can a child, when fears annoy,<br \/>\nBut droop his tender wing,<br \/>\nAnd forget his youthful spring!<\/p>\n<p>O father and mother if buds are nipped,<br \/>\nAnd blossoms blown away;<br \/>\nAnd if the tender plants are stripped<br \/>\nOf their joy in the springing day,<br \/>\nBy sorrow and care\u2019s dismay, \u2014<\/p>\n<p>How shall the summer arise in joy,<br \/>\nOr the summer fruits appear?<br \/>\nOr how shall we gather what griefs destroy,<br \/>\nOr bless the mellowing year,<br \/>\nWhen the blasts of winter appear?<\/p>\n<p>From <em>Songs of Experience<\/em>, 1794<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been awhile since I posted a poem, but when I heard someone talking about doing school through summer, I just had to post this one! 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