Quote#Children
My mother bore me in the southern wild
Quote byWilliam Blake · 1757–1827
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Songs of Innocence (1789–1790), The Little Black Boy, st. 1.
English (original)
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.
— William Blake
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