 | John Macmillan Brown - 1894 - 436 pages
...of a fine lyric ear. They flow with all the spontaneity ascribed to them in the Introduction ; — " Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...pipe that song again ; So I piped ; he wept to hear." "And I made a rural pen, And I stained the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs, Every child may... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 656 pages
...strings do scarcely move, The sound is forced, the notes are few. [From Songs of Inmcenct.] INTRODUCTION. Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...that song again : ' So I piped ; he wept to hear. ' Piper, sit thee down and write In a book that all may read ' — So he vanished from my sight ; And... | |
 | Philip Gilbert Hamerton - 1895 - 290 pages
...in Songs of Experience. The keynote of the former is admirably struck in the introductory poem : — Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...laughing said to me. " Pipe a song about a Lamb ! " So 1 piped with merry cheer. " Piper, pipe that song again." So I piped ; he wept to hear. "Drop thy pipe,... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 430 pages
...empty wallet, and it was torn from 10 top to bottom. He was as poor as before. 21 THE PIPER'S SONG. Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...laughing, said to me, " Pipe a song about a lamb," 5 So I piped with merry cheer. "Piper, pipe that song again," So I piped, he wept to hear. " Drop thy... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 430 pages
...his empty wallet, and it was torn from 10 top to bottom. He was as poor as before. THE PIPER'S SONG. Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...laughing, said to me, " Pipe a song about a lamb," 5 So I piped with merry cheer. "Piper, pipe that song again," So I piped, he wept to hear. " Drop thy... | |
 | 1897 - 496 pages
...ein kind, das ihn auffordert, seine (des kindes) lieder niederzuschreiben : Piping down the valley wild Piping songs of pleasant glee On a cloud I saw a child. (p. l). Auch ein gedieht, betitelt: The Voice of the ancient B ard , erinnert uns in seiner ersten... | |
 | 1899 - 816 pages
...valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he, laughing, said to me: 5 ' Pipe a song about a Lamb ! ' So I piped with merry...pipe that song again ; ' So I piped: he wept to hear. 266 THOMSON TO TENNYSON ' Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe ; 10 Sing thy songs of happy cheer ! ' So I... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1901 - 654 pages
...do scarcely move, The sound is forced, the notes are few. [From Songs of Tnnocence.'] INTRODUCTION. Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...that song again : ' So I piped ; he wept to hear. 1 Piper, sit thee down and write In a book that all may read ' — So he vanished from my sight ; And... | |
 | 1901 - 886 pages
...Cloud" that is akin to the songs of Puck and Ariel. Piping down the valley wild Piping songs of merry glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said...pipe that song again," So I piped— he wept to hear. And I made a rural pen, And I stained the water clear. And I wrote my happy songs. Every child may... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1901 - 524 pages
...will stand by the State.' By the Church ! and dear Freedom, in all its degrees ! SONGS OF INNOCENCE. PIPING down the valleys wild, Piping Songs of pleasant...Song about a lamb ! ' So I piped with merry cheer, 4 Piper ! pipe that Song again ! ' So I piped : he wept to hear. 4 Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe !... | |
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Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me — Pipe a song about a lamb ; So I piped with' merry cheer. Piper, pipe that song again — So I piped — he wept to hear. 
