Photo Little Fly by Francois-Xavier Beaugrand

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photo:

Little Fly cr

photographer:

Francois-Xavier Beaugrand add to favorites

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categories:

nature

tags:

insect

place:

United Kingdom

notes:

Little Fly,
Thy summer's play
My thoughtless hand
Has brush'd away.

Am not I
A fly like thee?
Or art not thou
A man like me?

For I dance
And drink & sing:
Till some blind hand
Shall brush my wing.

If thought is life
And strength & breath
And the want
Of thought is death;

Then am I
A happy fly,
If I live,
Or if I die.

-- William Blake --

published:

Sat 18 Aug 2007 17:39

equipment:

digital camera Nikon D70s
lens Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

permanent link:

https://www.photoforum.ru/photo/382975/

comments (9 from 9)

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Jazmin Ahlin #1 Sat 18 Aug 2007 17:51

I like the poem

Sabirjan Kurmayev #2 Sat 18 Aug 2007 18:02

an interesting view, a superb austere composition, nothing to say of the verse, taken together form a whole

Joaquim Simoes #3 Sat 18 Aug 2007 20:37

Beautiful poem! Excellent composition. Wonderful light !
jose

P.S.
Another poem by William Blake:

The Blossom

Merry, merry sparrow,
Under leaves so green,
A happy blossom
Sees you swift as arrow
Seek your craddle narrow
Near my bosom.

Pretty, pretty robin,
Under leaves so green,
A happy blossom
Hears you sobbing, sobbing,
Pretty, pretty robin
Near my bosom