A Little Girl Lost

This article is about William Blake's poem with that title. For other uses, see little girl lost (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with The Little Girl Lost, also a William Blake poem.

William Blake's original plate for A Little Girl Lost.

"A Little Girl Lost" is a poem written by the English poet William Blake. It was first published as part of his collection Songs of Innocence and of Experience in 1794. The poem is written as a clear authorial commentary from Blake, focusing on the tension between human passions and societal expectations.[1]

  1. ^ Trowbridge, Katelin E. (Spring 1996). "Blake's A Little Girl Lost". The Explicator. 54 (3): 139. doi:10.1080/00144940.1996.9934093. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012.