 | William Blake - 1866 - 132 pages
...happy blossom Hears you sobbing, sobbing, Pretty, pretty robin, Near my bosom. THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER. WHEN my mother died I was very young, And my father...There's little Tom Dacre,* who cried when his head, That curl'd like a lamb's back, was shaved ; so I said : " Hush, Tom, never mind it, for when your head's... | |
 | John Timbs - 1866 - 340 pages
...One of the most touching and popular of The Songs of Innocence was the " The Chimney Sweeper : " " When my mother died I was very young And my father...my tongue Could scarcely cry — weep ! weep ! weep ! So your chimneys I clean and in soot I sleep. " There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...of a bridal mood, Through the white spaces of infinitude. David Gray. ccxxxv1 THE CHIMNF Y-SWEEPER. When my mother died I was very young, And my father...There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, 5 That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved ; so I said, ' Hush, Tom ! never mind it, for when your... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1869 - 294 pages
...to love it, because he knew that God did too. Here are some lines of his upon THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER. When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry, " Veep, 'weep ! Veep, Veep ! " So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Dacre,... | |
 | 1870 - 462 pages
...nearer, till I breathe Corruption. Drop, stark night, upon my death! ccxxxv1n , THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER. When my mother died I was very young, And my father...There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, 5 That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved; so I said, ' Hush, Tom! never mind it, for when your... | |
 | Mother - 1872 - 366 pages
...blessing, Said, " I knew that the angels were whispering with thee." Samuel Lover. THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER. HEN my mother died I was very young, And my father sold...There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, That curl'd like a lamb's back, was shaved; so I said, " Hush, Tom ! never mind it, for when your head's... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1873 - 780 pages
...mother died I was very yonnp, And my father sold me while yet ray tongue Could scarcely cry, ' weep 1 weep ! weep ! weep ! " So your chimneys I sweep, and...so I said, Hush, Tom ! never mind it; for when your bead's bare, You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair. And BO he was quiet ; and that very... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1873 - 772 pages
...superlative nonsense also indited the song of " The Chimney Sweeper ? " " When my mother died I was vcrv young. And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry, ' weep ! weep 1 weep ! weep 1 " So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried... | |
 | William Blake - 1874 - 194 pages
...happy blossom Hears you sobbing, sobbing, Pretty, pretty robin, Near my bosom. THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER. WHEN my mother died I was very young, And my father...There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, That curl'd like a lamb's back, was shaved : so I said : " Hush, Tom, never mind it, for when your head's... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1877 - 326 pages
...himself, though not of lands ; And having nothing, yet hath all. Sir H. Wotton * 21 * THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER WHEN my mother died I was very young, And my father...I sleep. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when hts head, That curl'd like a lamb's back, was shaved ; so I said, ' Hush, Tom ! never mind it, for... | |
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When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry 
