The Water-Babies
The Water-Babies
by Charles Kingsley
CHAPTER I
"I heard a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sate reclined; In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
"To her fair works did Nature link The human soul that through me ran; And much it grieved my heart to think, What man has made of man."
WORDSWORTH.
Once upon a time there was a little chimney-sweep, and his name was Tom. That is a short name, and you have heard it befor ...