 | William Blake - 1874 - 194 pages
...soot I sleep. 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 bare Youknow that the soot cannot spoil yourwhite hair." And so he was quiet ; and that very night, As Tom... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1877 - 326 pages
...soot 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...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... | |
 | New national reading books - 1880 - 140 pages
...I sleep. 2. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved ; so I said, ' Hush, Tom ! never mind it, for...know that the soot 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... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1881 - 244 pages
...CHIMNEY SWEEP. 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...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... | |
 | Alfonzo Gardiner - 1882 - 76 pages
...There's little Tom Da-cre, who cried when his head, That curl-ed 4 like a lamb's back 5 was shav-ed 6 ; so I said, " Hush, Tom ! nev-er mind it, for when your head's bare, 7 You know that the soot can-not spoil your white hair." 8 4 curled, covered 'with curls. 6 lamb's... | |
 | Gems - 1884 - 408 pages
...soot I sleep. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved ; so I said, " Hush, Tom ! never mind it, for...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... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 pages
...soot I sleep. There 'B little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved ; so I said, " Hush, Tom ! never mind it, for when your head 's bare, You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair." And so he was quiet, and that very... | |
 | New national reading books - 1885 - 138 pages
...I sleep. 2. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved ; so I said, ' Hush, Tom ! never mind it, for...know that the soot 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... | |
 | William Blake - 1885 - 302 pages
...CHIMNEY-SWEEPER. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved ; so I said, " Hush, Tom ! never mind it, for,...bare, You know that the soot 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... | |
 | William Blake - 1885 - 330 pages
...soot I sleep. 1 There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved ; so I said, " Hush, Tom ! never mind it, for,...head's bare, You know that the soot cannot spoil your hair.3 And so he was quiet, and that very night, As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight ! — That... | |
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When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry 
