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A little black thing among the snow
Crying “’weep, ‘weep,” in notes of woe!
“Where are thy father & mother? say?”
“They are both gone up to the church to pray.
- William Blake
Attribution: William Blake (1757–1827), British poet, painter, mystic. The Chimney Sweeper (l. 1–4). . . The Complete Poems [William Blake]. Alicia Ostriker, ed. (1977) Penguin Books.

Categories: Children, Crying, Mystic, Painter

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