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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!

— William Blake

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Naming a baby is an act of poetry, for many people the only creative moment of their lives.

— Richard Eyre

Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine!

— Thomas Hood

What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances.

— Petrarch

Happy is the person who not only sings, but feels God's eye is on the sparrow, and knows He watches over me. To be simply ensconced in God is true joy.

— Alfred A. Montapert

O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.

— William Shakespeare

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.

— Samuel Johnson

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

— William Shakespeare

✗Opposing Perspectives

I was named for my grandmother. It's an evil-eye name, to protect you from bad things.

— Stana Katic

I call everyone 'Darling' because I can't remember their names.

— Zsa Zsa Gabor

Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night; Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.

— Adelaide Anne Procter