 | William Blake - 1874 - 194 pages
...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. 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... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1877 - 326 pages
...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. 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... | |
 | 1881 - 884 pages
...suddenly to a depth " deeper than ever the andante dived." The first tells of a little boy — one Tom Dacre — who " cried when his head, That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved," and to whom the speaker, a little boy sweep also, spoke reassuringly : " And so he was quiet, and that... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 pages
...scarcely cry, " Weep ! weep ! weep ! weep ! " So your chimneys I sweep and in soot I sleep. There 'B little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head, That curled...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... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1886 - 360 pages
...father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry — Weep ! weep ! weep I So your chimneys I clean and in 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,... | |
 | William Blake, Richard Herne Shepherd - 1887 - 224 pages
...chimneys I sweep and in 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... | |
 | William Blake, Richard Herne Shepherd - 1887 - 182 pages
...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. There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his hpead, That curl'd like a lamb's back, was shavecb«^( said : " Hush, Tom, never mind it, for when... | |
 | 1888 - 770 pages
...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. There's...head. That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved; sol said : " Hush, Tom, never mind it ; for when your head's bare, You know that the soot cannot spoil... | |
 | 1888 - 636 pages
...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. There's...when his head. That curled like a lamb's back, was shared ; so I said : " Hash, Tom, never mind it ; for when your head's bare, You know that the soot... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - 1889 - 376 pages
...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. 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... | |
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When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry 
