The Fly, by William Blake

The Fly

Little Fly,
Thy summer's play
My thoughtless hand
Has brushed away.   Am not I
A fly like thee?
Or art not thou
A man like me?   For I dance
And drink, and sing,
Till some blind hand
Shall brush my wing.   If thought is life
And strength and breath
And the want
Of thought is death;   Then am I
A happy fly,
If I live,
Or if I die.

poems.one - William Blake