 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1824 - 608 pages
...of a " maid in Bedlam in the spring;" but it is the madness of genius. « THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER. • When my Mother died, I was very young, And my Father sold me, while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry, Weep ! weep ! weep ! So your chimneys I sweep and in soot I sleep. ' There's Ihde Tom Toddy, wjto... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1896 - 300 pages
...to love it, because he knew that God did too. Here are some lines of his upon THE CHIMJTEY-SWEEPER. When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry, " 'weep, 'weep ! 'weep, 'weep ! " So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. There's little... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 858 pages
...Mr. Charles Lamb, from a very rare and curioui little work, Mr. Blake's " Songs of Innocence." AVhen my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me, while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry, " Weep I weep 1 weep !" So your chimnies I sweep, and in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Toddy,... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 868 pages
...Communicated by Mr. Charles Lamb, from a very rare and curioiu little work, Mr. Blake's " Songs of Innocence." When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me, while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry, " Weep ! weep ! weep 1" So your chimnies I sweep, and in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Toddy,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1830 - 374 pages
...hear." Another song, called " The Chimney Sweeper," is rude enough truly, but yet not without pathos. " When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry — weep ! weep ! weep ! So your chimneys I clean and in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Dacre,... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 936 pages
...Communicated by Mr. Charles Lamb, from a very rare and curioiu little work, Mr. Blake's " Songs of Innocence." When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me, while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry, " Weep I weep ! weep !" So your chimnies I sweep, and in soot I slt-ep. There's little Tom Toddy,... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 874 pages
...Conmniiicatcd by Mr. Charles Lamb, from a very rare omd mriout little work, Mr. Blake's " Songs of Innocence." When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me, while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry, " Weep ! weep'l weep I" So your rhimnies I sweep, and in soot I sleep. . There's little Tom Toddy,... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...the stones ; Tho' a pauper, he's one whom his Maker yet owns ! THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER. RY WILLIAM BLARE. When my mother died, I was very young, And my father sold me, while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry, "weep! weep! weep! weep!" So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Dacre,... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1859 - 856 pages
...poor half-crazy Blake, the artist, write his pathetic little poem of " The Chimney-Sweep " : — " When my mother died, I was very young, And my father...scarcely call out, ' 'Weep, 'weep, 'weep,' So your chimnies I clean, and on soot I sleep. " There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, That curled... | |
 | William Hone - 1859 - 880 pages
...from a very rare unit turioiu little U>UT!\ Mr. Blake's " Songs of Innocence " When my mother died J was very young, And my father sold me, while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry, " Weep ! weep 1 weep !" So your chimnies I sweep, and in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Toddy,... | |
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When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry 
