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"The Echoing Green" is a poem by William Blake published in Songs of Innocence in 1789. The poem talks about merry sounds and images which accompany the children playing outdoors. Then, an old man happily remembers when he enjoyed playing with his friends during his own childhood. The last stanza depicts the little ones being weary when the sun has descended and going to their mother to rest after playing many games.

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Scholarly editions all place "The Echoing Green" as the sixth object in the print order for the Songs of Innocence and of Experience. The following, represents a comparison of several of the extant copies of the poem, their print date, their order in that particular printing of the poems, and their holding institution: Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy C, 1789, 1794 (Library of Congress) object 13 (The Echoing Green).jpg| Copy C, 1789, 1794 (Library of Congress) object 13 (The Echoing Green 1) Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy C, 1789, 1794 (Library of Congress) object 14 (The Echoing Green).jpg| Copy C, 1789, 1794 (Library of Congress) object 14 (The Echoing Green 2) Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy Y, 1825 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) object 6.jpg| Copy Y, 1825 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) object 6 (The Echoing Green 1) Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy Y, 1825 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) object 7 (The Echoing Green).jpg|Copy Y, 1825 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) object 7 (The Echoing Green 2) Blake echoing green 1.jpg|Copy Z, 1826 (Library of Congress) object 6 (The Echoing Green 1) Blake echoing green.jpg|Copy Z, 1826 (Library of Congress) object 7 (The Echoing Green 2) Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy AA, 1826 (The Fitzwilliam Museum) object 6 (The Echoing Green).jpg|Copy AA, 1826 (The Fitzwilliam Museum) object 6 (The Echoing Green 1) Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy AA, 1826 (The Fitzwilliam Museum) object 7 (The Echoing Green).jpg|Copy AA, 1826 (The Fitzwilliam Museum) object 7 (The Echoing Green 2) == References ==
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