 Piper, sit thee down and write In a book that all may read." So he vanished from my sight; And I plucked a hollow reed, And I made a rural pen, And I stained the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear.  Littell's Living Age - Page 41848Full view - About this book
 | 1865 - 516 pages
...read.' So he vanish'd from my sight, And I pluck'da hollow reed, And I made a rural pen, And I stain' d the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every child may íoy to hear. Blake was peculiar in his mode of publication. He engraved his poems, he surrounded each... | |
 | William Blake - 1866 - 132 pages
..." So he vanish'd from my sight ; And I pluck'da hollow reed, And I made a rural pen, And I stain'd the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to bear. THE SHEPHERD. HOW sweet is the shepherd's sweet lot ; From the morn to the evening he strays... | |
 | 1868 - 220 pages
...to hear. " Piper, sit thee down, and write In a book, that all may read ! " So he .vanished from iny sight, And I plucked a hollow reed, — And I made...wrote my happy songs, Every child may joy to hear. W. Blake. (13) THE BABY SOLDIER. OTHER little private Mustered in The army of temptation And of sin.... | |
 | Merry heart, Melville Gray - 1871 - 244 pages
...While he wept with joy to hear. " Piper, sit thee down and write, In a book that all may read" — So he vanished from my sight : And I plucked a hollow reed, And I made a rural pen, And I stained the waters clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear. M 2IO ROBINSON CRUSOE. POOR old... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1872 - 826 pages
...read." So he vanish'd from my sight ; And I pluck'da hollow reed, And I made a rural pen, And I stain'd the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear. In these lamb-like moods Blake has no rival. There is a poem of his, narrating how a number of little... | |
 | 1872 - 692 pages
..." So he vanish'd from my sight ; And I pluck'da hollow reed, And I made a rural pen, And I stain'd the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear. In these lamb-like moods Blake has no rival. There is a poem of his, narrating how a number of little... | |
 | Child life - 1874 - 300 pages
...While he wept with joy to hear. " Piper, sit thou down, and write In a book, that all may read ! " So he vanished from my sight, And I plucked a hollow...wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear. — William Blake. SONG OF THE ELFIN MILLER. FULL merrily rings the millstone round, Full merrily rings... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1874 - 390 pages
...thee down and write, In a book, that all may read." — So he vanish d from my sight. And I pluck'da hollow reed, And I made a rural pen, And I stained...wrote my happy songs, Every child may joy to hear. Blake. THE SNOW-DROP; OR, THE RESURRECriON OF THE BODY. TELL, if thou canst, how yonder flower To life... | |
 | William Blake - 1874 - 194 pages
..." So he vanish'd from my sight ; And I pluck'da hollow reed, And I made a rural pen, And I stain'd the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear. THE SHEPHERD. HOW sweet is the shepherd's sweet lot ; From the morn to the evening he strays ; He shall... | |
 | 1906 - 730 pages
...While he wept with joy to hear. " Piper, sit thee down and write In a book, that all may read." So he vanished from my sight ; And I plucked a hollow...wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear. A new note indeed for that shallow, superficial, and intensely artificial age ! The mock pastoral died... | |
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