 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
 | 1890 - 332 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. cxxxv. THE TIGER. TIGER, tiger, burning bright In the forest of the night, What immortal hand or eye... | |
 | William Blake - 1890 - 382 pages
...the same again, While he wept with joy to hear. ' Piper, sit thee down and write SONGS OF INNOCENCE. And I made a rural pen, And I stained the water clear,...wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear. THE SHEPHERD. A OW sweet is the shepherd's sweet lot ! From the morn to the evening he strays ; He... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1892 - 132 pages
...read." So he vanished 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. WILLIAM BLAKE. THE CHILDLESS MOTHER. I LAY my tasks down one by one, I sit in the silence in twilight's... | |
 | 1892 - 524 pages
...read." So he vanished 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. WILLIAM BLAKE. THE CHILDLESS MOTHER. I LAY my tasks down one by one, I sit in the silence in twihght's... | |
 | 1892 - 520 pages
...read." So he vanished 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. WILLIAM BLAKE. THE CHILDLESS MOTHER. I LAY my tasks down one by one, I sit in the silence in twilight's... | |
 | Alfred Thomas Story - 1893 - 192 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." From the last line of this poem, which serves as introduction to the Songs of Innocence, it would appealthat... | |
 | William Blake - 1893 - 416 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. THE SHEPHERD. OW sweet is the shepherd's sweet lot ! From thg morn to the evening he He shalTiyio^)... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 464 pages
...hear. " Piper, sit thee down and write, In a book that alt may read " — So he vanished from my night; And I plucked a hollow reed. And I made a rural pen....stained the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Bverv child may joy to haar. THE LAMB. FROH THE KAMK. Little lamb, who made thee ? Dost thon know who... | |
 | 1893 - 112 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. INFANT JOY. I have no name — I am but two days old. What shall I call thee ? I happy am, Joy is my... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1894 - 376 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. — WILLIAM BLAKE. 6. THE ROMANCE OF THE SWAN'S NEST. "So the dreams depart, So the fading phantoms... | |
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