THE LITTLE BLACK BOY
-God loves us all equally. -White boy will only know this when both dead- 'will then love me'
-Mother loves her child, teaches him that he is no different. 'I am blakc but o my soul is white'
THE DIVINE IMAGE
-God loves us because we are created in his own image and therefore have his qualities.
-'virtues of delight'
A LITTLE GIRL LOST/FOUND-Parents love child os much they over protect. -They surpress sexual desire (exotic animals)
THE SICK ROSE
-Perhaps the poem about corruption of innocence (worm penetrates the rose)
-Rose is medieval symbol for chastity and viginity.
HOLY THURSDAY (E)
-Shows lack of love - 'Gold and userous hand' - it is a hand dealing with children, not care/heart-'An eternal winter there' -always sad and cold, not loving.
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