William Blake was an English poet, painter and printmaker born in London in 1757. He was known for his vivid imagination and claimed to see visions of gods and angels. The poem "The Lamb" questions who made "us", the lamb, and describes our creator as one who provides for our needs and calls himself by our name, as he was meek and mild, becoming human as a child. The poem answers that our maker is God and wishes God's blessing upon the lamb.

1. William Blake
The Lamb(1757-1827)

2. William Blake
o Was born on November 28, 1757
o Was an English poet, painter and printmaker
o Blake was a strange, imaginative child
o Due to his imagination, he was more at home and imagine
about brooks, fairies and flowers.
o He claimed to see visions of Gods and angels
o He was born at 28 Broad Street (now Broadwick St.)
in Soho, London
o His Father was James Blake and his mother was
Catherine Wright Armitage Blake
o Died on August 12, 1827

3. o He also claimed to see great dead such as:
Virgil Dante Moses Homer

4. The Lamb
By William Blake

5. Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Gave thee life and bade thee feed
By the stream and o’er the mead:
Gave thee clothing of delight,
* Bade (bid)- to offer
* Mead – an alcoholic drink of fermented honey
* Thou/Thee – ‘You’
* Little Lamb – Us
Blake question ‘us’ of who made us and if we know who he
was. The one who gave us life, food and clothing of great
pleasure as of the flow of our life.

6. Softest clothing, wooly, bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the vales rejoice?
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
* Vales - valley
* Dost – ‘do’
* Thee – ‘you’
He gave you the best clothing he can give: the softest, the
wooly and the bright. He also gave you the voice so you may
speak your happiness. He then repeat the question he asked in
the first line.
He is now asking if we have then realized who is our maker
after what he have mentioned about him.

7. Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee,
Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee:
He is called by thy name,
For He calls himself a Lamb
* He – ‘God’
* Thy – ‘his’
* Lamb – ‘a follower’
Therefore, Blake will just tell us about him, about our maker.
He calls himself by his name for he himself is a FOLLOWER just
like us ordinary people.

8. He is meek, and He is mild;
He became a little child.
I a child, and thou a lamb,
We are called by His name.
Little Lamb, God bless thee!
Little Lamb, God bless thee!
* Meek – humbly submissive; too mild
* His name – God’s name
According to Blake, He is mild and meek. Like us, He also
been a child and a follower. And that God call us by his name to
follow Him. Blake wishes that may God bless us all.