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Poetry for children (1880)

Eliot, Samuel, 1821-1898 · Boston : [J. Wilson & Son, University Press] · leaf 35

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st draws nigh The time when they all must say * Good-by. Then Coo, say the little ones, Coo, says she, And away they fly from the old pine-tree. Carols, Hymns, and Songs. THE CHIMNEY-SWEEP. Sweep ho ! Sweep ho ! He trudges on through sleet and snow Tired and hungry both is he,And he whistles… … Sweep ho ! Sweep Jio ! He trudg-es on through sleet and snc At the great mans door he knocks,Which the servant-maid unlocks. Now let in with laugh and jeer,Tn his eye there stands a tear. THE CHIMNEY-SWEEP. 17 He is young, but soon will knowHow to bear both word and blow. Sweep ho ! Sweep ho ! In…

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