 So I piped, he wept to hear. 'Drop thy pipe thy 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 all may read — ' So he vanish'd from my sight.  Macmillan's Magazine - Page 291865Full view - About this book
 | W. J. T. Mitchell, William John Thomas Mitchell - Art - 1995 - 466 pages
...Blake's encomia on writing are frequently "stained" by irony: Piper sit thee down and write In a book that all may read. So he vanish'd from my sight And I plucked a hollow reed. And 1 made a rural pen And I stain'd the water clear And 1 wrote my happy songs... | |
 | Meinhard Winkgens - Didactic fiction, English - 1997 - 452 pages
...I sung t he same again, While he wept with joy to hear. 'Piper, sit thee down and write 'In a book that all may read.' So he vanish'd from my sight,...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.34 Blakes in fünf... | |
 | Nicholas M. Williams - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 280 pages
...thematized earlier in the poem: Piper sit thee down and write In a book that all may 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. (13-20, £7) Some... | |
 | William Blake - Poetry - 2000 - 420 pages
...So 1 sang the same again, While he wept with joy to hear. 'Piper, sit 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 1 made a rural pen, And I stain'd the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to... | |
 | Ian Balfour - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 372 pages
...Innocence, the song of the piper is followed by an inscription: Piper sit thee down and write In a book that all may read— So he vanish'd from my sight....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. (E, 7) Writing here... | |
 | William Blake - CD-ROMs - 2003 - 262 pages
...chear, So I sung the same again While he wept with joy to hear Piper sit thee down and write In a book that all may read — So he vanish'd from my sight...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... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - Poetry - 2007 - 778 pages
...So I sung the same again, While he wept with joy to hear. "Piper, sit thee down and write In a book, that all may read." So he vanish'd from my sight,...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 ENGLISH... | |
 | James A. W. Heffernan - Visual communication - 2006 - 439 pages
...chear, So I sung the same again While he wept with joy to hear. Piper sit thee down and write In a book that all may read So he vanish'd from my sight, And...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. (SIE plate 4)8 It... | |
 | 2006 - 364 pages
...characterized by ambiguity. William Blake writes in "Introduction" of his Songs of Innocence-. And I pluck' da hollow reed, And I made a rural pen. And I stain' d the water clear, " I stain' d the water clear" may mean that the poet makes the water dirty (I stain' d the clear water),... | |
 | William Blake - 2007 - 392 pages
...cheer.' So I sung the same again While he wept with joy to hear. 'Piper sit thee down and write In a book that all may read — ' So he vanish'd from my sight....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. <Ifie Shepherd flow... | |
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