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  "For when our souls have learn'd the heat to bear,The cloud will vanish..."
The Little Black Boy is a short poem by William Blake that was originally published in 1789 within Songs on Innocence (1789), a work that was later combined with Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794). This was due to Blake writing Songs of Innocence as a contrary to the Songs of Experience.As context to this poem, it was published during a time when slavery was still legal and the campaign for the abolition of slavery was still young.
  William Blake
 (1757-1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake's work is today considered seminal and significant in the history of both poetry and the visual arts.
language: English
title: The Little Black Boy