My mother bore me in the southern wild,
And I am black, but O! my soul is white;
White as an angel is the English child,
But I am black as if bereaved of light.


The Little Black Boy, st. 1 - Songs of Innocence (1789–1790)

William Blake Quotes

My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white; White as an angel is the English child, But I am black as if...

My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white; White as an angel is the English child, But I am black as if...

My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white; White as an angel is the English child, But I am black as if...

My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white; White as an angel is the English child, But I am black as if...