“I'll shade him from the heat till he can bearTo lean in joy …”

“I'll shade him from the heat till he can bearTo lean in joy upon our Father's knee;And then I'll stand and stroke his silver hair,And be like him and he will then love me.”

— William Blake

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Title: Wikiquote: William Blake
Type: reference · Secondary source
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Context

The Little Black Boy, st. 7

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Blake, William. (n.d.). Wikiquote: William Blake. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Blake

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