 | William Blake - 1890 - 382 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, Joe, Ned, and And by came an angel, who had a bright key, And he opened the coffins, and set them all free ; Then... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1891 - 384 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... | |
 | William Blake - 1893 - 416 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, Joe, Ned, and Jack, VVi.rc all of them locked up in coffins of black. And by came an angel, who had a bright key, And he... | |
 | Martin Grove Brumbaugh - 1899 - 408 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 the green plain, leaping, laughing they run,... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1901 - 362 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, 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,... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1901 - 524 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, 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 - 1905 - 260 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,...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... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1881 - 582 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... | |
 | William Blake - 1906 - 596 pages
...soot cannot spoil your white hair. And so he was auiet, and that very night, A* Tom was a-sleepiug, 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,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1881 - 918 pages
...reassuringly : i88i. WILLIAM BLAKE. " 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. 
