The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school , The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind... Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste - Pàgina 39per Archibald Alison - 1812 - 434 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| William Scott - 1820 - 422 pàgines
...Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose. There as 1 pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came softened from below, The swam responsive as the milkmaid sung ; The sober herd that low'd to meet their young. ; The noisy geese... | |
| Charles Richson - 1820 - 98 pàgines
...die, without wisdom. THE VILLAGE. Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close Up yonder hill, the village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingled notes came softened from below ; The swain responsive, as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd... | |
| William Scott - 1819 - 366 pàgines
...glance, that would those looks reprove. Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close ; Up yonder hill .the village murmur rose. There as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, * t The mingling notes camesoften'd from below. The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung ; The sober... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pàgines
...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...responsive, as the milk-maid sung ; The sober herd, that lowed to meet their young : The noisy geese, that gabbled o'er the pool ; The playful children, just... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pàgines
...heav'n commences ere the world be past. Sweet was the sound, when oft at ev'ning's close, Up yonder hill the 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 sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet... | |
| William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 pàgines
...EVENING VILLAGE SOUNDS. Goldsmith. SWEET was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill, the village murmur rose. There, as I pass'd, with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd-from below -t The swain responsive, as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 pàgines
...commences ere the world be pass'd. Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close Up yonder hill the 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 milkmaid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 296 pàgines
...Heaven commences ere the world be pass'd. Sweet was the sound, when oft atevening's close Up yonder hill the 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 milkmaid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their... | |
| William Scott - 1823 - 396 pàgines
...glance, that would those looks reprove. Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close, Up yonder hill the 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 milkmaid sung ; The sober herd that low'd to meet... | |
| John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pàgines
...• Evening sounds. — GOLDSMITH. Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Pp yonder hill the 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 sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet... | |
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