 Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me: "Pipe a song about a Lamb!' So I piped with merry cheer. 'Piper, pipe that song again;  Macmillan's Magazine - Page 291865Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 636 pages
...do scarcely move, The sound is forced, the notes are few. [From Songs of Innocence.] INTRODUCTION. Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...happy pipe, Sing thy songs of happy cheer : ' So I sung the same again, While he wept with joy to hear. WILLIAM BLAKE. ' Piper, sit thee down and write... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 642 pages
...do scarcely move, The sound is forced, the notes are few. [From Songs of Innocence.] ' INTRODUCTION. Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...happy pipe, Sing thy songs of happy cheer : ' So I sung the same again, While he wept with joy to hear. ' Piper, sit thee down and write In a book that... | |
 | Alexander Gilchrist - 1880 - 534 pages
...place. A few alterations and additions in other poems have been made from the same source. INTRODUCTION. PIPING down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...pipe, thy happy pipe ; Sing thy songs of happy cheer 1 ' So I sang the same again, While he wept with joy to hear. ' Piper, sit thee down and write In a... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 632 pages
...do scarcely move, The sound is forced, the notes are few. [From Songs, of Innocence."] INTRODUCTION. Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...piped ; he wept to hear. ' Drop thy pipe, thy happy pTpe, Sing thy songs of happy cheer : ' So I sung the same again, While he wept with joy to hear. '... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 824 pages
...Bane the same again, Piping down the valleys wild. Piping songs of pleasant glee, Ou a cloud 1 aaw a child. And he laughing said to me : ' Pipe a song...to hear. ' Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe, Sing thy tjon^a of happy cheer : ' While he wept with joy to hear. ' Piper, sit then down and write, In a book... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...— Tones that never thence depart ; For she listens — with her heart. LAMAN BLANCHARD. THE PIPER. hen 1 did speak of some distressful stroke, That my...pains a world of sighs : She swore, — in faith 1 piped with merry cheer. "Piper, pipe that song again :" So 1 piped ; he wept to hear. " Drop thy... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 826 pages
...'Songs of Innocence' (1789). Pining down the valleys wild, Piping Bougs of pleasant glee, On a cloud 1 saw a child, And he laughing said to me : ' Pipe a...song about a lamb : ' So I piped with merry cheer. 1 Piper, pipe that song again : ' So I piped ; he wept to hear. ' Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe, Slug... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...to all, and to all a good-night !" CLEMKNT С. Моовк. INTRODUCTION то " SONGS OF INNOCENCE." — Little head and little foot Heavy laid for pleasure...half-shut Plants the shining azure ; Open-soul'd again, While he wept with joy to hear. " Piper, sit thee down and write In a book, that all may read."... | |
 | 1881 - 410 pages
...the contents of the book : — INTRODUCTION. Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleisant glee, On a cloud I saw a child. And he, laughing,...Sing thy songs of happy cheer. So I sang the same again, While he wept with joy to hear. Piper, sit thee down and write In a book that all may readSo... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1881 - 632 pages
...strings do scarcely move, The sound is forced, the notes are few. [From Songs of Innocence^ INTRODUCTION. Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...pipe that song again :' So I piped ; he wept to hear. 'Piper, sit thee down and write In a book that all may read'— So he vanished from my sight; And I... | |
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