 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 : ' So I piped ; he wept to hear.  Macmillan's Magazine - Page 231865Full view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1881 - 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...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... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1881 - 626 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...Piper, 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1881 - 1000 pages
...Till onr grief is fled and gone, He doth sit by us and moan. INTRODUCTION TO " SONGS OF INNOCENCE." ght, They h langbiug, said to me : "Pipe a song about a lamb." So I piped with merry cheer. " Piper, pipe that... | |
 | James Baldwin - English language - 1882 - 632 pages
...single specimen of his poems, the Introduction to his Songs of Innocence, is all that we can give: Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...thy happy pipe, Sing thy songs of happy cheer:" So I sung the same again, While he wept with joy to hear. " Piper, sit thco down and write In a book that... | |
 | Mowbray Walter Morris - 1882 - 424 pages
...know — But where is County Guy ! Sir W. Scott. THE PIPER. (Introduction to ' Songs of Innocence.') 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1882 - 1002 pages
...Till our grief is fled and gone, He doth sit by ns and moan. INTRODUCTION TO " SONGS OF INNOCENCE." h hall Sat Brunswick's fated chieftain : lio did hear That souud the first amid the festival, A langhing, said to me : "Pipe a song about a lamb." So I piped with merry cheer. "Piper, pipe that song... | |
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