The Little Boy Found a comparison of several of the extant copies of the poem, their print date, their order in that particular binding of the book of poems, and their holding institution: The Little Boy Found "The Little Boy Found" is a poem by William Blake first published in the collection "Songs of Innocence" in 1789. "Songs of Innocence" was printed using illuminated printing, a style Blake created. By integrating the images with the poems the reader was better able to understand the meaning behind each of Blake's poems. "The Little Boy Found" is a sequel to "The Little Boy Lost". The two
The Little Black Boy The Little Black Boy "The Little Black Boy" is a poem by William Blake included in "Songs of Innocence" in 1789. It was published during a time when slavery was still legal and the campaign for the abolition of slavery was still young. "The Little Black Boy" was published in 1789, a time when slavery was still legal and the campaign for the abolition of slavery was still young. In "The Little Black Boy", Blake questions conventions of the time with basic Christian ideals. This becomes apparent in the third stanza, where Blake uses the sun as a metaphor for