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Songs of Innocence/The Little Boy Found

William Blake

“Songs of Innocence/The Little Boy Found” as printed in Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1826) (1826).

William Blake: Collected Lyrics Text 19 1826 · historical text
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This text comes from Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1826), a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Transcription(contributor provided)

The Little Boy found

Verse 2

The little boy lost in the lonely fen,

Led by the wand'ring light,

Began to cry; but God ever nigh,

Appeard like his father in white.

Verse 3

He kissed the child & by the hand led

And to his mother brought,

Who in sorrow pale, thro' the lonely dale

Her little boy weeping sought.

Credits

Written by William Blake

Words by William Blake. Historical text published in Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1826) (1826); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

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Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1826) (1826), “Songs of Innocence/The Little Boy Found”

Every text in this 1826 collection is by William Blake (1757-1827), who died more than 190 years ago, so the text is in the public domain worldwide; the edition carries a Wikisource PD-old determination.

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