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When my mother died I was very young

Quote byWilliam Blake · 1757–1827

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Songs of Innocence (1789–1790), The Chimney Sweeper, st. 1.

English (original)

When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!'weep! So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep.

— William Blake

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