ared to have lost his faith in God, or lost his faith in the equality of man. The image portrayed is that of a child who does not love anyone more than he loves himself. A priest punishes him, although due to the nature of the punishment, we are led to sympathise for the “lost” boy. The “lost” children Blake writes about are lost in a different way to those in Songs of Innocence. In “The Little Girl Lost,” the feeling of being lost is shown in a little girl’s parent’s dream. As a paternal instinct they have dreamt about their child, Lyca, only 7 years old being alone and lo!
             st in a desert surrounded by lions and tigers who “play” around her and then induce “ruby tears.” This is almost a nightmare for parents, and it is not obvious at first who is seeing this image, Lyca or her parents, until “The Little Girl Fou
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