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Lyric Poem · Sad

The Little Boy Found

by William Blake

The little boy lost in the lonely fen,

Led by the wandering light,

Began to cry, but God, ever nigh,

Appeared like his father, in white.

He kissed the child, and by the hand led,

And to his mother brought,

Who in sorrow pale, through the lonely dale,

The little boy weeping sought.

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Poem
The Little Boy Found
Poet
William Blake
Length
8 lines
Form
Lyric Poem, Short Poems
Themes
Sad, Love, Childhood, Short

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Shape
8 lines · 2 quatrains

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Author record
William Blake1757–1827
Source record
PoetryDBThe Little Boy Found by william-blake, PoetryDB transcription
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