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 434edited by - 1866 - 520 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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 ;... | |
| 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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