 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
 | Archibald Alison - Aesthetics - 1830 - 430 pages
...watch-dog's voice that bay'd the ,vhisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh, that spoke the vacant mind. Tt et how much is the beauty of this description increased,...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 sits... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 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 F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 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 Bhade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. Bat... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And 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. Morning Sounds. Up springs the lark, Shrili-voic'd, and loud, the messenger of morn ; Ere yet the shadows... | |
 | Edward Jesse - Animal behavior - 1832 - 342 pages
...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. THERE is something very pleasing in rural sounds and rural objects. The noise of village... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1833 - 304 pages
...watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And 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. Morniiiff Stnmils. Up springs the lark, Shrill-voic'd, and loud, the messenger of morn ; Ere yet the... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 436 pages
...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." The engagements of public life may generally be considered as our duty. Retirement is usually allowable... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 274 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 soft confusion, sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made. LESSON... | |
 | Tasmania - 1834 - 374 pages
...The watch-dog's voice, that bay'd the whistling wind. And 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. But now the sounds of population fail ; No cheerful murmurs flutter in the gale, No busy steps the... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1834 - 238 pages
...o'er the pool ; The playful children, just let loose from school; The watch-dog's voice, that bayed 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. GOLDSMITH,... | |
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