POEM

The Little Boy Lost

by William Blake

William Blake
“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, and the child did weep,
       And away the vapour flew.

 William  Blake

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