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 - Page 39by Archibald Alison - 1812 - 434 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Keate - Margate (England) - 1790 - 388 pages
...evening in the Deserted 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 mingling notes came soften'd from below : The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet... | |
| English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...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... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...commences ere the world be past. f 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... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...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 milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...heav'n commences ere the world be past. Sweet was the sound, when oft at ev'ning'jj 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... | |
| Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...flocks. FLETCHER. VILLAGE SOUNDS. « .* i 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... | |
| Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...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 softcn'd from below; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung ; The sober herd that low'd to meet... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...world be past! Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village munner - softiMi'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...beav'n commences ere the world be past. Sweet was the sound, when oft at ev'ninp'i close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow. The mingling notes came sofien'd from below; The swain responsive as the milk -maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet... | |
| Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...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... | |
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