Poems for Fathers: 'The Little Boy Lost' by William Blake (1791)

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The Little Boy Lost

*William Blake (from Songs of Innocence, 1791)*

“Father! father! where are you going? O do not walk so fast. Speak, father, speak to your little boy, Or else I shall be lost.” The night was dark, no father was there; The child was wet with dew; The mire was deep, & the child did weep, And away the vapour flew.


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