 | 1887 - 548 pages
...withhold his name altogether, sent Montgomery Blake's now well-known lines on the chimney-sweeper : " When my mother died I was very young And my father...yet my tongue Could scarcely cry Weep ! weep ! weep ! weep. So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep." They accordingly appear in Montgomery's little... | |
 | 1887 - 992 pages
...withhold his name altogether, sent Montgomery Blake's now well-known lines on the chimney-sweeper: — When my mother died I was very young And my father sold me while yet my tonpac Could scarcely cry Weep I weep I weep! weep. So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep.... | |
 | 1888 - 770 pages
...MAN'S FRIEND." I HAVE no doubt the seventh Eirl of Shaftesbury had often read Blake's exquisite poem : When my mother died I was very young ; And my father...scarcely cry " 'weep, 'weep, 'weep! " So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head. That curled like a lamb's... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - 1889 - 376 pages
...makes it good to burn. A COMPOSITION. XLVIII. scarce-ly tongue chim-neys cof-fins THE CHIMNEY-SWEEP. 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... | |
 | David Salmon - 1890 - 322 pages
...And 'tis a fact, as I have heard, She ever since has kept her word.—Jane Taylor. The Chimney-Sweep. 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 his... | |
 | David Salmon - 1890 - 318 pages
...'tis a fact, as I have heard, She ever since has kept her word.— Jat1e Taylor. The Chimney-Sweep, 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... | |
 | William Blake - 1890 - 382 pages
...blossom Hears you sobbing, sobbing, Pretty, pretty robin, Near my bosom. THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER. £HEN my mother died I was very young, And my father sold...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... | |
 | 1890 - 744 pages
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 | Andrew Lang - 1891 - 816 pages
...T»he waters wild went o'er his child, — And he was left lamenting. CAMPRELL. 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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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. 
