The Little Boy Found



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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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA XBXB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 298
Words 55
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

William Blake

 · 1757 · Soho
 · 1827 · London

William Blake was an English poet, painter and printmaker. more…

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