William Blake Quotes

But to go to school in a summer morn, O! It drives all joy away; Under a cruel eye outworn, The little ones spend the day In sighing and dismay.

William Blake

• School
• Joy
• Dismay
• Cruel Eye

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• But to go to school in a summer morn, O! It drives all joy away; Under a cruel eye outworn, The little ones spend the day In sighing and dismay.

  

  William Blake
  • School
  • Joy
  • Dismay