The Echoing Green

The poem talks about merry sounds and images which accompany the children playing outdoors.

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.

The sky-lark and thrush, The birds of the bush, Sing louder around, To the bells' cheerful sound.

Till the little ones weary No more can be merry The sun does descend, And our sports have an end: Round the laps of their mothers, Many sisters and brothers, Like birds in their nest, Are ready for rest; And sport no more seen, On the darkening Green.

[1] Scholarly editions all place "The Echoing Green" as the sixth object in the print order for the Songs of Innocence and of Experience.