...happy blossom Hears you sobbing, sobbing, Pretty, pretty robin, Near my bosom. The Chimney Sweeper7 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 shav'd: so I said 'Hush, Tom! never mind it, for when your head's bare...

...She opens her eyes.) "The Chimney Sweeper." (She shows it to THE GOVERNESS, who smiles. FLORA reads.) When my mother died I was very young, And my father...Weep!" So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. MILES. I know one about chimneys: Eaper, Weaper, chimney sweeper, Had a wife and couldn't keep her....

...as children's verse at the same time as impressing us with a sense of hurt that cannot be forgotten: When my mother died I was very young. And my Father...cry '"weep! 'weep! 'weep! "weep!" So your chimneys 1 sweep, & in soot I sleep. 12 Blake's chimney sweeper, still young. remembers his earlier self, and...

...Sweeper', Blake faces one of the social outrages of his day, the use of little boys as chimney sweeps. When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yer my tongue. Could scarcely cty weep weep weep weep, So yout chimneys I sweep & in soot I sleep....

...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...your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. There's litde Tom Dacre, who cried when his head. That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved; so I said, "Hush,...

...1794 VIEW 14R: Plate 19 Where Mercy, Love & Pity dwell There God is dwelling too. The Chimney Sweeper 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,...

...the Chimney Sweeper's Friend too, and excerpted from it the most profound poem of all on the subject. When my mother died I was very young, And my father...my tongue, Could scarcely cry, 'Weep! weep! weep!' So your chimnies I sweep, and in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Toddy,69 who cried when his head,...

...vineyards of red France."2 Let us look at another poem in the Songs of Innocence, 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 lambs back,...

...as a release to happiness. He is then reconciled to his hardfate. Should we agree with the speaker? 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. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head That curl'd like a lamb's back,...

...happy Blossom Hears you sobbing sobbing Pretty Pretty Robin Near my Bosom. The Cfiimney Sweeper Vv hen my mother died I was very young, And my father sold...'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,...