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Subject: CHIMNEY SWEEPERS & CHIMNEYS
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First Line: "kings, arms, and empire, common themes! The muse"
Last Line: "contagious, from pandora's box, accurs'd"
Subject(s): "chimney Sweepers & Chimneys;milton, John (1608-1674);patents & Trademarks;


LINES PLACED OVER A CHIMNEY-PIECE, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Surly winter, come not here
Last Line: And thaw the winter in the soul.
Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia
Subject(s): Chimney Sweepers & Chimneys; Winter


LOUD AND LOW IN THE CHIMNEY, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: Utters the slogan of death
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Subject(s): Chimney Sweepers & Chimneys; Death


MATINAL SURVEY OF THE CITY, by PAUL FORT    Poem Text                    
First Line: O justly made divine, unclose thy hands, sweet dawn, those fingers
Last Line: Sweet to me, against white walls the sound of all these shutters blue!
Subject(s): Chimney Sweepers & Chimneys; Cities; Spring; Urban Life


THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE, by WILLIAM BLAKE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A little black thing among the snow
Last Line: "who make up a heaven of our misery."
Subject(s): Bible; Child Labor; Chimney Sweepers & Chimneys; Mythology


THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE, by WILLIAM BLAKE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When my mother died I was very young
Last Line: So if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.
Subject(s): Bible; Child Labor; Chimney Sweepers & Chimneys; Mythology


THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER'S COMPLAINT, by MARY (CUMBERLAND) ALCOCK    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A chimney-sweeper's boy am I; / pity my wretched fate!
Last Line: How thankful should I be!
Subject(s): Child Labor; Chimney Sweepers & Chimneys


THE OLD CHIMNEYPIECE, by HEINRICH HEINE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Outside fall the snowflakes lightly
Last Line: And the kitten's burnt, alas!
Subject(s): Chimney Sweepers & Chimneys; Dreams; Fire; Nightmares