 | William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...labours are renew'd, fresh tasks begun. , EVENING VILLAGE SOUNDS. Goldsmith. SWEET was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill, the village...with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd-from below -t The swain responsive, as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...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...from school ; The watch dog's voice, that bay'd the whisp'ring wind ; And the lou^ laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all, in soft confusion, sought... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...smile t . • Evening sounds. — GOLDSMITH. Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Pp yonder hill the village murmur rose. There as I pass'd...The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind : These... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...the sound, when, oft at ev'ning'g elose, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose : There, ae I past by William C. Hall watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whiep'ring wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...steps and slow, The mingled notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-miiid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young,...The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh'that spoke the vacant mind. These... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1825 - 476 pages
...prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past. Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village...playful children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...the village murmur rose : There, as I passed with eareless steps and slow, The mingling notes eame as eoneeal'd, Then those who follow'd reason's dietates...lifted high their natural light, With Soerates may see ehildren just let loose from sehool, The wateh-dog's voiee that bay'd the whisp'ring wind, And the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...steps aad slow, The mmgling 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 playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh, that spoke the vacant mind ;... | |
 | 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...playful children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These... | |
 | 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,... | |
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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 ; The watch-dog's voice, that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These... 
