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PoemEnglish
The Chimney-Sweeper — A little black thing among the snow
by William Blake
A complete poem from Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Original wording and verse line breaks are preserved.
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A little black thing among the snow, Crying! ‘weep! weep!’ in notes of woe! ‘Where are thy father and mother? Say!’— ‘They are both gone up to the church to pray. ‘Because I was happy upon the heath, And smiled among the winter’s snow, They clothed me in the clothes of death, And taught me to sing the notes of woe.
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