 | Scotland - 1847 - 818 pages
...from our own countryman Blake, artist and poet, and a man of somewhat kindred nature :— * • <£ Piping down the valleys "wild, Piping songs of pleasant...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 !... | |
 | 1882 - 492 pages
...Innocence " he gives us the fable or story telling the reason of his writing. He is in the green fields: " Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me : ' Pipe a song about a lamb ;' 80 I piped with merry cheer." And then he tells us that the child was... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - Katahdin, Mount (Me.) - 1848 - 668 pages
...of her singing. Like Correggio, Jenny Lind recalled in their hest meaning, the verses of Blake : " Piping down the valleys wild. Piping songs of pleasant glee. On a rock 1 saw a child; And he entiling said to me, ' Pipe a sone ahon': a lamh ; ' Bo I piped with merry... | |
 | Literature - 1867 - 746 pages
...compiled them into a book to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, place such a ripple of verse as this ? — " Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...cloud I saw a child, And he, laughing, said to me : " ' Pipe a song about a lamb I* So I piped with merry cheer. ' Piper, pipe that song again !' So... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - Painters - 1859 - 288 pages
...happiness than mortals enjoy. The picture of Innocence is introduced with the following sweet verses. " Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he, laughing, said tomePipe a song about a lamb ; So I piped with merry cheer. Piper, pipe that song again— So I piped—... | |
 | 1865 - 810 pages
...that he shows to best advantage. Witness the following bit of simplicity : — Piping down the valleye wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child. And he, laughing, said to me : 1 Pipe a song about a Lamb ! ' So I piped with merry cheer. 'Piper, pipe that song again ;' So I piped... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 540 pages
...ear? Down let him lie, And slumbering die, And change his soul for harmony. JOHK DlSYDEN. THE PIPER. PIPING down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...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... | |
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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; 
