...at last A sorry breahing-up! Hood. 65. — THE PET LAMB. THE dew was falling fast, the stars begun to blink ; I heard a voice; it said, "Drink, pretty...looking o'er the hedge, before me I espied A snow-white mountain lamb with a maiden at its side. Nor sheep nor kine was near ; the lamb was all alone, And...

...instance, Wordsworth's ' Pet Lamb,' though, the piece being so simple, either way is equally suitable. The dew was falling fast, The stars began to blink...looking o'er the hedge, Before me I espied A snow-white mountain lamb,' With a maiden at its side. * Next, the four-foot couplet is a form that has been much...

...harmless. What do people sometimes make of them, being so harmless? Pets, THE DEW WAS FALLING. THK dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink ; I...looking o'er the hedge, before me I espied A snow-white mountain lamb, with a maiden by its side. No other sheep was near, the lamb was all alone, And by a...

...laugh|ing soi When Sum|mer's balm|y showers | refresh | the mow|er's toil. Heber. The dew |'was fall | ing fast, |the stars | began| to blink; I heard | a voice,...look|ing o'er | the hedge, | before | me, I | espied A snow- | white mount |ain lamb, | with a maid | en at | its side. Wordsworth. An hvm|dred val|iant men...

...! O thought at random cast ! Ye were but little at the first, But mighty at the last. THE PET LAMB. THE dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink...looking o'er the hedge, before me I espied A snow-white mountain lamb with a maiden at its side. No other sheep were near, the lamb was all alone, And by a...

...! 0 thought at random cast ! Ye were but little at the first, But mighty at the last. THE PET LAMB. THE dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink...looking o'er the hedge, before me I espied A snow-white mountain lamb with a maiden at its side. No other sheep were near, the lamb was all alone, And by a...

...huntsman. Mary. Let me read to you a sweet little poem by William Wordsworth, called THE PET LAMB. The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink...looking o'er the hedge, before me I espied A snow-white mountain lamb with a maiden at its side. Nor sheep nor kine were near ; the lamb was all alone, And...

...parent, the mother of a beast. YEAN, to bring forth. DRAUGHTS, quantities to drink. PAST'-IME, sport. THE dew was falling fast, the stars began to BLINK...looking o'er the hedge, before me I ESPIED A snow-white mountain lamb with a maiden at its side. No other sheep were near, the lamb was all alone, And by a...

...Secondary Cesural. b. The Iambic hexameter or Alexandrine, requires the Cesural after the third foot. 17. The dew was falling fast, || the stars began to blink;...voice; it said, || " Drink, pretty creature, drink 1" c. As a general rule, the cesural should not fall in the same place in several successive verses,...

...PET LAMB. A PASTORAL. HE dew was falling faft, the ftars began to blink; I heard a voice : it faid, " Drink, pretty creature, drink ! " And, looking o'er the hedge, before me I efpied A fnow-white mountain lamb, with a maiden at its fide. No other fheep was near, the lamb was...