The Little Black Boy

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view of himself and his skin color, the boy’s mother tells him that there is an advantage to having black skin. The mother implies that black skin can bear more of the beams of God’s love than the white skin. “For when our souls have learn’d the heat to bear, the cloud will vanish; we shall hear his voice, saying: ‘Come out from the grove, my love and care, and round my golden tent like lambs rejoice.’” (Blake v.17-20). In telling her son this, the mother tries to express to him that God knows no color, and that one day God will call him just the same as he will call the white child.
Seen secondly in Blake’s poem, is the guardianship role belonging to God. As taught by ’s mother, God gives away His heat and light. This light and heat gives comfort in the morning and joy in the noon day. God is our ultimate guardian and understands this very well. God will one-day call him, along with the English child to joy around ...

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