| Archibald Alison - 1812 - 444 páginas
...was the sound, when oft at evening's close Up yonder bill the village murmur rose. There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came...responsive as the milkmaid 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... | |
| Aristotle, Thomas Twining - 1812 - 380 páginas
..." the melodies of morn," in the Minstrel', or of the melodies of 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 past with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The ""*' JBook I.... | |
| Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 páginas
...the way, And all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past! Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close,...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... | |
| 1814 - 310 páginas
...way ; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His Heaven commences ere the world be past ! Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close,...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... | |
| William Scott - 1814 - 424 páginas
...: The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The matron's glance, that would those looks reprove. 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... | |
| Aristotle - 1815 - 492 páginas
...cauie soften 'd from below; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung. The sober herd that low'd lo meet their young ; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let l^jpse from school ; The watch-dog's voice lhat hay'd the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that... | |
| 1850 - 938 páginas
...the passage. No one will object to read it again, though he has read it fifty or twice fifty times. " Sweet was the sound when oft, at evening's close,...with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below : The swam responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their... | |
| William Scott - 1817 - 416 páginas
...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...playful children just let loose from school ; The watch dog's voice, that bay'd the wbisp'ring wind ; Aud the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ;... | |
| 1818 - 400 páginas
...in sequestered bower, And shrill lark carols clear from her aerial tow'r. BEATTIE, MELODIES of the EVENING. Sweet was the sound when oft, at evening's...let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind, These all in sweet confusion... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 páginas
...the way; And all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past! Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close Up...geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children jurt let loose from school; The watch-dog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh... | |
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