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" WHEN my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry " 'weep ! 'weep ! 'weep ! 'weep !" So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. "
The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and Architects - Page 148
by Allan Cunningham - 1830
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 2; Volume 110

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1859 - 856 pages
...poor half-crazy Blake, the artist, write his pathetic little poem of " The Chimney-Sweep " : — " When my mother died, I was very young, And my father sold me, while yet my tongue Could scarcely call out, ' 'Weep, 'weep, 'weep,' So your chimnies I clean, and on soot I sleep. " There's little Tom...
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The every-day book: or The guide to the year, Volume 2

William Hone - 1859 - 880 pages
...from a very rare unit turioiu little U>UT!\ Mr. Blake's " Songs of Innocence " When my mother died J was very young, And my father sold me, while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry, " Weep ! weep 1 weep !" So your chimnies I sweep, and in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Toddy, who cried when his...
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Town and Forest

Anne Manning - 1860 - 320 pages
...poor half-crazy Blake, the artist, write his pathetic little poem of " The Chimney Sweep : " — " When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely call out, ' 'Weep, 'weep, 'weep ; ' So your chimneys I clean, and on soot I sleep. "There's little...
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Life of William Blake, "Pictor Ignotus": With Selections from His Poems and ...

Alexander Gilchrist, Anne Burrows Gilchrist - 1863 - 366 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...my tongue Could scarcely cry, ' Weep ! weep ! weep ! weep ! ' So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when...
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Songs of Innocence and Experience: with Other Poems

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...my tongue Could scarcely cry " 'weep, 'weep, 'weep, 'weep ! " So your chimneys I sweep and in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Dacre,* who cried when his...
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The Every Day Book, Or, A Guide to the Year: Describing the ..., Volume 2

William Hone - 1868 - 874 pages
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A household book of English poetry, selected with notes by R.C. Trench

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...tongue Could scarcely cry, ' 'Weep ! 'weep ! 'weep ! 'weep ! ' So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when...
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Stories from My Attic

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,...
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A Household Book of English Poetry, Issue 160

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...tongue Could scarcely cry, ' 'Weep ! 'weep! 'weep ! 'weep !' So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when...
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The mother's book of poetry, selected by Mrs. A. Gatty

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...yet my tongue Could scarcely cry, "Weep! weep! weep! weep !" So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his...
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