...spirit of music. Blake opens by dramatizing an encounter between the poet and his wholly human muse. Piping down the valleys wild Piping songs of pleasant...a cloud I saw a child. And he laughing said to me. (7) This song of innocence begins as songs should, in music. In the first two lines the piper is his...

...which lead to the writing of the 'happy songs? Why do you think the child disappears? Introduction Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...a cloud I saw a child And he laughing said to me: 5 'Pipe a song about a lamb!' So I piped with merry cheer; 'Piper, pipe that song again!' So I piped...

...Wordsworth on London', Literature and History, 3, March 1976, pp. 22-3 SONGS OF INNOCENCE Introduction Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs 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....

...time / And while ye may, go marry; For, having lost but once your prime / You may forever tarry. 4. Piping down the valleys wild / Piping songs of pleasant...a cloud I saw a child / And he laughing said to me . . . 5. Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy...

...sunshine ! Thanks to the rain 1 Little White Lily Is happy again. GEORGE MACDONALD The Poet and the Child PIPING down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...cloud I saw a child, And he, laughing, said to me : 21 " Pipe a song about a lamb ! " So I piped with merry cheer. "Piper, pipe that song again." So...

...prime ; Give me the withered leaves I chose Before in the old time. CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI. THE PIPER. PIPING down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...cloud I saw a child, And he, laughing, said to me : 44 Pipe a song about a lamb." So I piped with merry cheer. "Piper, pipe that song again." So I piped;...

...DRAWINGS: 12894 A PROJECTED WORK: Original Design (considerably different from the published engraving): " Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant...a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me :"— 5 verses of 4 lines each, on 1 leaf The Shepherd, a frontispiece 1 ,. An ideal Hell 1 .. —the...

...children's hearts. What a magic charm has his lay, that introduction to his " Songs of Innocence ! " " Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And lie, laughing, said to me — "When yet I had not walked above À mile or two from my lirai, love....

...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 glee, On a clond I saw a child, And he, laughing, said to me : " ' Pipe a song about a lamb I' So I piped with...