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... Development of English Literature and Language - Page 213by Alfred Hix Welsh - 1883Full view - About this book
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pages
...notes came soften'd from below; The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled...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... | |
| 1800 - 322 pages
...notes came soften'd from below; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung ; The sober herd that low'd to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled...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... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...notes came soften 'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled...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... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled...The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 pages
...notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled...playful children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ringj wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ;... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled...playful children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'iing wind, Aud the loud laugb that spoke the vacant mind ; These... | |
| John Aikin - 1806 - 346 pages
...human and animal inhabitants ! The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, T.he noisy geese that gabbled...The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wi-.id, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.... | |
| 1806 - 330 pages
...notes came softcn'd from below; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung ; The sober herd that low'd to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled...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 ;... | |
| Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...came soften'd from below : The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung ; The, sober herd that low'd to meet their young ; The noisy geese that gabbled...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 These all... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young ; The noisy geese that gabbled...playful children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind, And the lond langh that spoke the vacant mind ; These... | |
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