noblest conception of Blake's ever-recurring idea that forgiveness is the only power of salvation" to Gilham's view that "the vagabond's vision is too earthy." Scholar, Galia Benziman proposes that the child narrarating could be interpreted as both hypocritical and deceptive, considering his hateful view of the church. She also considers the fact that rather than speaking to the priest about his concerns, the child chooses to proclaim his opinions, making any changes to his local church impossible an important point to recognize. The unlikely comparison of alehouse and church confused a major contributor to Duke scholarly journals, Coleridge, who says, Musical settings The poem has been used in a musical format in multiple instances. There is a bibliography which lists all of these, Blake Set to Music: A Bibliography of Musical Settings of the Poems and Prose of William Blake References External links A Comparison of the extent versions of "The Little Vagabond" from the William Blake Archive 1794 poems Songs of Innocence and of Experience