Songs of innocence : The Chimney sweeper

Songs of innocence : The Chimney sweeper written by William Blake

When my mother died I was very young,

And my father sold me while yet my tongue

Could scarcely cry ’ ‘weep! ‘weep! ‘weep! ‘weep!’

So your chimneys I sweep & in soot I sleep.

There’s little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head

That curled like a lamb’s back, was shaved, so I said,

‘Hush, Tom! never mind it, for when your head’s bare,

You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair.’

And so he was quiet, & that very night,

As Tom was a-sleeping he had such a sight!

That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, & Jack,

Were all of them locked up in coffins of black;

And by came an Angel who had a bright key,

And he opened the coffins & set them all free;

Then down a green plain, leaping, laughing they run,

And wash in a river and shine in the Sun.

Then naked & white, all their bags left behind,

They rise upon clouds, and sport in the wind.

And the Angel told Tom, if he’d be a good boy,

He’d have God for his father & never want joy.

And so Tom awoke; and we rose in the dark

And got with our bags & our brushes to work.

Though the morning was cold, Tom was happy & warm;

So if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.    

     I read the poetry. I don't know if the angel is good or not , because "I"am under a bad situation,but the angel told him to do his work properly;otherwise he wouldn't get a joy. Maybe, he was younger than me and he didn't go to school. He was regarded as a little adult. because of the context of the age, such children  are forced to work. From the poetry, I the thought of each age always put bad or good effect on us, so we should always address several problems around us and give good ways to future children.