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The
Chimney Sweeper of Songs of Experience
A little black thing
among the snow,
Crying "weep! 'weep!" in
notes of woe!
"Where are thy father
and mother? say?"
"They are both gone up
to the church to pray.
Because I was happy upon
the heath,
And smil'd among the
winter's snow,
They clothed me in the
clothes of death,
And taught me to sing
the notes of woe.
And because I am happy
and dance and sing,
They think they have
done me no injury,
And are gone to praise
God and his Priest and King,
Who make up a heaven of
our misery."
Questions
1. Any difference in the
tone of voice in the narrator's words in comparison with "The Chimney Sweeper"
of Innocence?
2. As a social
criticism, which chimney sweeper you think is more effective?
 
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