"I have no name; I am but two days old." What shall I call thee? "I happy am, Joy is my name." Sweet joy befall thee!
Pretty joy! Sweet joy, but two days old. Sweet Joy I call thee: Thou dost smile, I sing the while; Sweet joy befall thee!
A newborn, only two days old, seems to answer the question of what to call it. The baby’s voice, imagined as pure and untainted, declares that it has no given name but insists “Joy is my name.” The speaker, likely a parent, accepts this with tenderness, echoing the name back in blessing: “Sweet joy…
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