Nurse's Song (Experience)
Nurse's Song (Experience) - context Summary
Songs of Experience, 1794
Written for Blake’s 1794 Songs of Experience, this short lyric places a caregiver’s voice against children’s play. It frames youthful sounds and memories with dusk and dews, turning joy into a cautionary note about time’s passing and loss. The poem gestures toward Blake’s broader contrast between innocence and experience and may echo his own memories of childhood in England rather than celebrating play uncritically.
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