August 4, 2021

The Lamb
By: William Blake (1789)

Little Lamb who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Gave thee life and bid thee feed By the stream and o’er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, 5 Softest clothing wooly bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice: Little Lamb who made thee?      Dost thou know who made thee? 10 Little Lamb I'll tell thee, Little Lamb I'll tell thee: He is called by thy name, For he calls himself a Lamb: He is meek and he is mild, 15 He became a little child: I a child and thou a lamb, We are called by his name: Little Lamb God bless thee.      Little Lamb God bless thee. 20

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Work Cited

• Bloom, Harold (2003). William Blake. Bloom’s Major Poets. New York: Chelsea House.
• Greenblatt, Stephen, ed. (2018). The Norton Anthology of English Literature. The Major Authors. 2 (Tenth ed.). New York: W. W. Norton. ISBN 9780393603095.