Blake, William, 1757-1827
. Songs of innocence and of experience : shewing the two contrary states of the human soul 1789-1794 / W. Blake
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INFANT SORROW
My mother groan'd! my father wept.
Into the dangerous world I leapt:
Helpless, naked, piping loud:
Like a fiend hid in a cloud.
Struggling in my father's hands,
Striving against my swadling bands,
Bound and weary I thought best
To sulk upon my mother's breast.
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