 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 milkmaid sung, The sober herd that lowed...  Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste - Page 40by Archibald Alison - 1821 - 460 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Almanacs, English - 1818 - 400 pages
...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 milkmaid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...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...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 jurt let... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pages
...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... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1830 - 868 pages
...the sound when oft at evening's close, By 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 let... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - Readers - 1833 - 286 pages
...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 milkmaid sung; The sober herd that lowed to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool; The playful children just let... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1834 - 238 pages
...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. 6. The swain, responsive as the milk-maid sung; The sober herd, that lowed to meet her young ; The... | |
 | Robert Walsh - United States - 1837 - 504 pages
...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 milkmaid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool ; The playful children, just... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1837 - 874 pages
...WM the sound when oft at evening's close, By yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, MI passed with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came...softened from below , The swain responsive as the milk-mnid sung, The sober herd that lowed to moot their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 936 pages
...the «ound when oft at evening's close, By yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I passed with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came softened from below ; The swnin responsive as the milk-maid suns, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese... | |
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