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" While the ploughman, near at hand, ' Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst... "
Literature in Letters, Or, Manners, Art, Criticism, Biography, History, and ... - Page 434
edited by - 1866 - 520 pages
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Allegro und Penseroso

John Milton - 1782 - 40 pages
...singeth blithe, 65 And the mower whets his sithe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landskip round it measures; 70 Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray,...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 31-32

John Bell - 1788 - 628 pages
...hawthorn in the dale. Strait mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landskip round it measures, 70 Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling...clouds do often rest, Meadows trim with daisies pied, 75 Shallow brooks and rivers wide. Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where...
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The Monthly Magazine, Volume 29

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 whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest. Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide, Towers...
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Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People

Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 pages
...conveyed the same meaning as uniform does to us. '' Straight mine eye hath caught fiew pleasures, While the landscape round, it measures ; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray j 40 Mo.untai>u, »n \\hose barren breast ; The lab'rin£ clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim, with...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 35

British essayists - 1802 - 216 pages
...us, at one glance, and, as it were, with a single dash of his pen, Russet lawns, and fallows grey. 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 Iivers wide. The...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...singeth blithe , And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures...round it measures, Russet lawns , and fallows gray j. Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often...
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The Beauties of English Poetry, Volume 1

Peter Pindar - 1804 - 180 pages
...singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. 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,...
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The beauties of English poetry, selected from the most esteemed ..., Volume 1

John Wolcot - 1804 - 180 pages
...singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. 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,...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. 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 ;...
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Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones, Volume 1

John Shore Baron Teignmouth - 1806 - 510 pages
...hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landscape round it measures : Russet lawns, and fallows grey, Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains, on whose barren breast. The lab' ring clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim, with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide ;...
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