 | William Blake - 1866 - 132 pages
...cannot spoil your white hair." And so he was quiet ; and that very night, As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight, That thousands of sweepers, Dick,...And by came an angel who had a bright key, And he open'd the coffins and set them all free ; Then down a green plain, leaping, laughing they run, And... | |
 | John Timbs - 1866 - 336 pages
...And so he was quiet — and on that very night, As Tommy was sleeping, he had such a sight ; There thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack, Were all of them locked up in coffins of black ; " And by came an Angel, who had a bright key, He opened the coffins... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...white hair.' And so he was quiet, and that very night, As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight ; 10 That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack, Were all of them locked up in coffins of black : And by came an angel, who had a bright key, And he opened the coffins,... | |
 | Mother - 1872 - 366 pages
...cannot spoil your white hair." And so he was quiet, and that very night, As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight ; That thousands of sweepers, Dick,...And by came an angel, who had a bright key, And he open'd the coffins, and set them all free ; Then down a green plain, leaping, laughing they run, And... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1873 - 780 pages
...spoil your white hair. And BO he was quiet ; and that very night, As Tom was a sleeping, he had such sight : That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack, ' Were all of them locked up in coffins of black ; And by came an angel, who had a bright key, And he opened the coffins,... | |
 | William Blake - 1874 - 194 pages
...cannot spoil yourwhite hair." And so he was quiet ; and that very night, As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight ; That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack, Were all of theni lock'd up in coffins of black. And by came an angel who had a bright key, And he open'd the coffins... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1877 - 326 pages
...cannot spoil your white hair.' And so he was quiet : and that very night, As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight, That thousands of sweepers, Dick,...Jack, Were all of them lock'd up in coffins of black. 13 rumours, I suppose, vain alarms 15 not rich enough to invite flatterers or enemies 21 setvile bands,... | |
 | New national reading books - 1880 - 140 pages
...cannot spoil your white hair.' 3. And so he was quiet : and that very night, As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight, That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack, Were all of them lock'd up in.-coffins of black. 4. And by came an angel, who had a bright key, And he opened the coffins, and... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1881 - 244 pages
...cannot spoil your white hair.'" And so he was quiet : and that very night, As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight, That thousands of sweepers, Dick,...And by came an angel, who had a bright key, And he open'd the coffins, and set them all free ; Then down a green plain, leaping, laughing they run, And... | |
 | 1881 - 884 pages
...sweep also, spoke reassuringly : " And so he was quiet, and that very night As Tom was a-sleeping he had such a sight ; That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack, Were all of them locked up in coffins of black. And by came an angel who had a bright key, And he opened the coffins... | |
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Hush, Tom! never mind it, for when your head's bare You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair. 
