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" 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, as if bereav'd of light. My mother taught me underneath a tree, And sitting down before the heat... "
Life of William Blake: With Selections from His Poems and Other Writings - Page 33
by Alexander Gilchrist - 1880 - 431 pages
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The Poems of William Blake: Comprising Songs of Innocence and of Experience ...

William Blake, Richard Herne Shepherd - 1887 - 224 pages
...Gave thee such a tender voice Making all the vales rejoice ; Little lamb, who made thee ? Dost thoa know who made thee ? Little lamb, I'll tell thee,...bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but oh ! my soul is white ; White as an angel is the English child, But I am black, as if bereaved of light....
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The Poetical Works of William Blake: Lyrical and Miscellaneous

William Blake - 1890 - 382 pages
...by his name. . Little lamb, God bless thee ! Little lamb, God bless thee ! THE LITTLE BLACK BOY. |Y mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but oh my soul is white ! White as an angel is the English child, But I am black, as if bereaved of light....
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Sunshine in Life: Poems for the King's Daughters

1891 - 448 pages
...to thy last long sleep, Thou then mayst smile while all around thee weep. William Blafte. 1757-1828. THE LITTLE BLACK BOY. My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but, oh, my soul is white ! White as an angel is the English child, But I am black, as if bereaved of light....
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The Poems of William Blake

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. My mother taught...
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The Poetical Works of William Blake: Lyrical and Miscellaneous

William Blake - 1893 - 416 pages
...his name. 6 Little lamb, God bless thee ! 0 Little lamb, God bless thee ! n THE LITTLE BLACK BOY. \ Y mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but oh my soul is white ! White as an angel is the English child. But I am black, as if bereaved of light....
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The Heart of Oak Books, Book 4

Charles Eliot Norton, Kate Stephens, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 328 pages
...not what men say, He'll labor, night and day, To be a Pilgrim. THE LITTLE BLACK BOY. William Blake. MY mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but oh ! my soul is white ; White as an angel is the English child, But I am black, as if bereaved of light....
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A Year Book of Famous Lyrics: Selections from the British and American Poets ...

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....
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The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900

Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1904 - 1058 pages
...the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear. 487. The Little Black Boy mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O, my soul is white I White as an angel is the English child, But I am black, as if bereaved of light. 56° My mother taught...
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The Lyrical Poems of William Blake

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,...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,...
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The Poetical Works of William Blake: A New and Verbatim Text from the ...

William Blake - 1905 - 452 pages
...while, Sweet joy befall thee ! & The Little Black Boy 1j* ' My mother bore me in the southern wild, 1 And I am black, but O my soul is white ; White as...angel is the English child, But I am black, as if bereav'd of light. My mother taught me underneath a tree, 5 And, sitting down before the heat of day,...
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