 | English poetry - 1826 - 300 pages
...last, His Heav'n commences ere the world be pass'd ! Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's closeUp yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I...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 o'er the... | |
 | George Crabb - English language - 1826 - 768 pages
...mingled together of different sizes if they lie in the same spot, but they may still be distinguished ; There as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below. GOLDSMITH. To blend is only partially to mix, as colors blend which fall into each other : to confound,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...looks of love, The matron's glance, that would those looks reprove. Sweet was the sound, when «ft at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur...There as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The minglmg notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung ; The sober herd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past. ouse be? Miss Hardcastlc. A relation of the family,...keys, and to see that the guests want nothing in my milk-maid sung; The sober herd that low'd to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Aesthetics - 1830 - 430 pages
...the effect of this most picturesque circumstance consist ; and of these what is observed 1 What is Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close Up...with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came softened from below : The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...was the sound, when oft at evening's close [Tp yonder hill the village murmur rose. ["here, as I past with careless steps and slow, The mingling 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 o'er the... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...the sound, when, oft at ev'ning'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 swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the... | |
 | James Lawson Drummond - Animals - 1831 - 508 pages
...Excuse me for reminding you of the following beautiful lines in Goldsmith's " Deserted Village :" — " 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 soften'd from below; •- .''C The swain... | |
 | James Lawson Drummond - Natural history - 1832 - 316 pages
...Excuse me for reminding you of the following beautiful lines in Goldsmith's " Deserted Village : " — " Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close,...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 o'er the... | |
 | Edward Jesse - Animal behavior - 1832 - 340 pages
...OUR VILLAGE. ' Sweet was the sound when oft, at evening's close, ' Up yonder hill the Tillage-murmur rose ; ' There as I pass'd with careless steps and...soften'd from below ; ' The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, 'The sober herd that low'd to meet their youog, ' The noisy geese that gabbled o'er... | |
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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... 
