 Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide ; Towers and battlements it sees Bosomed high in...  The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 27by John Milton - 1924 - 419 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1810 - 700 pages
...remark, that if Mr. John Milton proposctb to make himself merry with Russet lawns, and fallows grey Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains on...Shallow brooks, and rivers wide, Towers and battlements, &c. &c. ice, he will either find himself egregiousl«1 disappointed, or he must possess a disposition... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...the ploughman near at hand Whistles o'er the furrow'd land , And the milk-maid singeth blithe , And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells...Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures % Whilst the landscape round it measures, Russet lawns , and fallows gray j. Where the nibbling flocks do stray... | |
 | John Wolcot - 1804 - 180 pages
...While the ploughman near at hand Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milk-maid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells...Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landskip round it measures, Russet lawns, and fallows grey, Where the nibbling flocks do stray, Mountains,... | |
 | Peter Pindar - 1804 - 180 pages
...While the ploughman near at hand Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milk-maid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells...Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landskip round it measures, Russet lawns, and fallows grey, Where the nibbling flocks do stray, Mountains,... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...the plough-man near at hand Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milk-maid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells...Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the lar.dskip round it measures ; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 354 pages
...us, at one glance, and, as it were, with a single dash of his pen, Russet lawns, ?nd fallows grey, Where the nibbling flocks do stray, Mountains, on...with daisies pied, Shallow brooks and rivers wide. The objects themselves are cheerful ; for, besides having brooks, meadows, and flowers, we have the... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, vt hilst the land.-kip round it measures, Russet lawns, and fallows gray, •+ Where the nibbling...pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide, Towers and battlenifnts it se$s, Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The Cynosure of... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...While the ploughman near at hand Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milk-maid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells...Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures : Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ;... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milk-maid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells...Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landscape round it measures, Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landscape round it measures ; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling...labouring clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim with daisies pide, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide : Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees,... | |
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