The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd 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 bay'd the whisp'ring wind, And the loud... Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste - Page 39by Archibald Alison - 1812 - 434 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...watch dog's voice, that bay'd the wbisp'ring wind ; Aud the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all, in soft confusion, sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. V. — The Painter who pleated Nobody and every Body. LEST men suspect your tale untrue, Keep probability... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - Book ornamentation - 1817 - 192 pages
...gabbled o'er the pool, 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 the vacant mind; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. But... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 482 pages
...gabbled o'er the pool, 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 the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. But... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1819 - 120 pages
...gabbled o'er the pool, 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 the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sousht the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. But... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1820 - 488 pages
...gabbled o'er the pool, 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 the vacant mind; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filPd each pause the nightingale had made. But now... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...o'er the pool ; 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 the vacant mind ; These all, in soft confusion, sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made. V.... | |
| Charles Richson - 1820 - 98 pages
...voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. GOLDSMITH. THE CHRISTIAN. Is this a saint ? Throw tints and all away — True piety is cheerful as... | |
| Archibald Alison - Aesthetics - 1821 - 466 pages
...children just let loose from school, The watch.dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind, And the load laugh, that spoke the vacant mind. Yet how much is...the " Seasons," by the addition of one of the most picturesque circumstances that was ever imagined by a poet : • Lead me to the mountain brow, Where... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...gabbled o'er the pool, 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 the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. But... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 428 pages
...children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale No busy steps the... | |
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