The Little Boy Found two stanzas. In the first stanza the little boy is lost in a bog, and afraid when God comes to him. In the second stanza God leads him back to his mother, who had been looking for him. "The Little Boy Found" presents a pastoral setting. One of the major themes in "The Little Boy Found" is the presence of God in people's lives. This is explicitly said in line 4. God is a common topic in Blake's poetry, especially in "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience". In "The Little Boy Found" being 'lost' does not always refer to
Little Boy Blue (poem) Little Boy Blue") to its present form. The poem was republished by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1889 in Field's "The Little Book of Western Verse". In 1976, Frank Jacobs wrote a parody of the poem for "Mad" magazine. An 1891 song setting of Field's poem by composer Ethelbert Nevin (1862–1901) was made popular by tenor John McCormack. A spoken-word recording (with accompaniment) was also made by Wink Martindale and it appears on his "Deck of Cards" album. <poem> The little toy dog is covered with dust, Time was when the little toy dog was new, And that was the time