...The Child as Laborer and Consumer: The Disappearance of Childhood in Contemporary Japan NORMA FIELD When my mother died I was very young, And my father...'weep!" So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. ( William Blake, "The Chimney Sweeper") Didn't get enough sleep last night, same as every other night;...

...knee. And then I'll stand and stroke his silver hair, And be like him and he will then love me. 26 When my mother died I was very young, And my father...cry weep weep weep weep. So your chimneys I sweep &. in soot I sleep. Theres little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head That curl'd like a lambs back,...

...effect of the platitudes that the boy offers Tom by way of comfort at the end? Is this Blake's view? When my mother died I was very young, And my father...weep!' So your chimneys I sweep and in soot I sleep. 5 There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved; so...

...stream, and a coming forth from this baptism to do one's duty can all be found in "The Chimney Sweeper": When my mother died I was very young, And my father..."'weep! 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!" So your chimneys I sweep, & in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, That curl'd like a lamb's back,...

...human attributes and men became divine. Part Three The Unidentified Ten Abuses and Uses of Children When my mother died I was very young, And my father...my tongue Could scarcely cry '"weep! 'weep! 'weep!" So your chimneys I sweep, & in soot I sleep. — WILLIAM BLAKE, "The Chimney Sweep" Here a pretty baby...

...heathen, Turk or Jew. Where Mercy, Love and Pity dwell, There God is dwelling too. 20 The Chimney-Swceper When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry, Veep weep weep weep'. So your chimneys I sweep and in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried...

...carried you past a detail that on re-reading might stop you short: the word 'sold' in the first stanza: 'When my mother died I was very young/ And my father sold me ... '. The child exists at once within an exploitative economic context. With hindsight it is shocking...

...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. If English literature had been just a body of literature, a magic in and with language, it could have...

...child, he cherishes the dream of a fellow sweeper and offers a pathetic hope for a heavenly father: When my mother died I was very young, And my father...my tongue Could scarcely cry "'weep! 'weep! 'weep!" So your chimneys I sweep, & in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head That...

...hear. Songs of Innocence ( 1 789 1 introduction 13 When my mother died I was very young, And my lather sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry "weep!...'weep! 'weep!' So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot 1 sleep. Songs o/ Innocence ( 1 789) 'The Chimney Sweeper' 14 To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love, All...