 Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close Up yonder hill the village murmur rose; There, as I passed with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came softened from below; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that lowed...  The Hobart Town Magazine - Page 1031834Full view - About this book
 | George Keate - Margate (England) - 1790 - 388 pages
...responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbl'd o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dogs' voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh, that spoke the vacant mind :... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below; The swain responsive as the milk-maid...playful children just let loose from school ; The watch dog's voice, that bay'd the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind; These... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften 'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid...let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay 'd the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind; These all in sweet confusion... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came softcn'd from below; The swain responsive as the milk-maid...playful children just let loose from school : The watch dog's voice, that bay'd the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...village murmur rose ; There, as I past, with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid...let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay 'd the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid...The playful children just let loose from school: The watch dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that spoke if e vacant mind; These... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...steps and slow. The mingling notes came soften'd from below; The swain responsive as the milk -maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young...the pool, The playful children just let loose from scbcol ; The watch dog's voice that kiy'd the whisp'rin* wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Aesthetics - 1812 - 442 pages
...Deserted Village : Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close Ur> yonder hill the village murmur rose. There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow,...let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bayM the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh, that spoke the vacant mind. Yet how much is the beauty... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Aesthetics - 1812 - 444 pages
...Deserted Village : Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close Up yonder bill the village murmur rose. There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow,...The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dug's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind. And the loud laugh, that spoke the vacant mind. Yet... | |
 | Aristotle, Thomas Twining - Aesthetics - 1812 - 388 pages
...steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below; The The swain responsive as the milk-mai4 sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young;...let loose from school; The watch-dog's voice that bay 'd the whisp'ring wind, [mind. And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant Th6se all in soft confusion... | |
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