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Video: The Blossom, by William Blake
Performed by Wienananda, a group of Sahaja yogis in Vienna. 2012.
Poem by William Blake.
Music written by Ronald Subkus
Curated by Sahaja Library
Running time: 4 minutes
The Blossom
Merry, merry sparrow!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Sees you, swift as arrow,
Seek your cradle narrow,
Near my bosom.
Pretty, pretty robin!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Hears you sobbing, sobbing,
Pretty, pretty robin,
Near my bosom.
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I love Blake more the older I get. I am convinced he must have been delightful to sunbathe with in his garden. (Clothing optional!)
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me too, Kim!
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Quite like Jim Newsome, what a lovely way to start the day for me: listening to this, then reading Margo Berdeshevsky’s poem! Delights!
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Yes, I think the Wienananda yogis have captured the feeling of Blake’s poem.
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a good way to begin the day. Open the windows, and a bluejay is chirping its version of what Blake and the singers have to say.
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Yes, I could see Blake coming back as a bluejay.
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oh how lovely! the musical setting, of course, and the Blakean breaths of beauty!
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