Introduction to Innocence
 
On Sunday I talked with my friend Clint who called to congratulate us on Piper's arrival. He teaches English Literature at the University of Illinois and shared with me a story about what he was teaching on the day that Piper was born. On that day he was teaching a lesson on William Blake and one of the poems covered in his class was the Introduction to Innocence, which is about a Piper. Quite a coincidence huh? Clint posted the poem on his blog and I have copied it below. I wish I could say that Kate and I were thinking of this poem when we chose Piper's name. Really we just picked the name because we liked it. Introduction to Innocence, by William Blake Piping down the valleys wild Piping songs of pleasant glee On a cloud I saw a child And he laughing said to me Pipe a song about a Lamb So I piped with merry chear Piper pipe that song again So I piped he wept to hear Drop thy pipe thy happy pipe Sing thy songs of happy chear So I sung the same again While he wept with joy to hear Piper sit thee down and write In a book that all may read So he vanish'd from my sight And I pluck'd a hollow reed And I made a rural pen And I stain'd the water clear And I wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear -posted by TADhttp://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-wOOMW_Iyd69Kie67o8VsQ3mV9SZjGgnMDg--shapeimage_1_link_0
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006