 My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white. White as an angel is the English child: But I am black as if bereav'd of light. My mother taught me underneath a tree And sitting down before the heat of day, She took me...  Stories from My Attic - Page 14by Horace Elisha Scudder - 1896 - 269 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pages
...around and leave good gifts bfr hind. Little Bell, for thee!" THOMAS WK»TWOOI». (The Little Black Hon. MY mother bore me in the southern wild. And I am black ; but, oh, my soul is white ! My mother taught me underneath a tree ; And, sitting down before the heut of day, She took me on... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 pages
...rural pen, And I stained the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear. m. THE LITTLE BLACK BOY. MY mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O, my soul is white. White as an angel is the English child, But I am black, 33 if bereaved of light.... | |
 | William Blake - 1893 - 324 pages
...Little lamb, God bless thee 1 Little lamb, God bless thcc 1 BLAKE'S POEMS. THE LITTLE BLACK BOY. Mv mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O my soul is white 1 White as an angel is the English child, But I am black, as if bereaved of light.... | |
 | Frederic Lawrence Knowles - 1901 - 494 pages
...Tom's life has doff'd : For though his body's under hatches, His soul has gone aloft. Charles Dibdin THE LITTLE BLACK BOY My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black ; but, oh, my soul is white I White as an angel is the English child, But I am black, as if bereaved of light. My mother taught... | |
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1901 - 1190 pages
...water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear. 487. The Little Black Boy IV^TY mother bore me in the southern wild, .*.'.*. And I am black, but O, my soul is white! White as an angel is the English child, But I am black, as if bereaved of light.... | |
 | William Blake - 1905 - 258 pages
...Sweet joy I call thee : Thou dost smile, I sing the while, Sweet joy befall thee ! The Little Black Boy mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O my soul is white ; White as an angel is the English child, But I am black, as if bereav'd of light.... | |
 | 1905 - 584 pages
...a lamb, We are called by His name. Little Lamb, God bless thee ! Little Lamb, God bless thee ! ///. THE LITTLE BLACK BOY. MY mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O my soul is white 1 White as an angel is the English child, But I am black, as if bereaved of light.... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1906 - 844 pages
...my happy songs 20 Every child my joy to hear. THE LITTLE BLACK BOY. [From Songs of Inmctwx (1789)] My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but 0 my soul is white; White as an angel is the English child, 4 But I am black, as if bereaved of light... | |
 | William Blake - 1906 - 596 pages
...* ; V / We are called by His name. Little Lamb, God bless thee ! Little Lamb, God bless thee ! / J THE LITTLE BLACK BOY MY mother bore me in the southern wild, Aud I am black, but oh, mv soul is white ! White as an angel is the English child, But I am black,... | |
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