While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrow'd 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 the... Works - Page 107by Sir William Jones - 1807Full view - About this book
| Art - 1810 - 700 pages
...part of the poem we have only to 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... | |
| John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...his state, Rob'd in flames, and amber light, The clouds in thousand liv'ries dight, While the plowman near at hand Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And...landscape round it measures, Russet lawns, and fallows gray," Where the nibbling flocks do stray, Mountains on whose barren breast The lab'ring clouds do... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 216 pages
...emotions. Accordingly, the poet shews 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... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...o'er the furrow'd land , And the milk-maid singeth blithe , And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the...landscape round it measures, Russet lawns , and fallows gray j. Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains on whose barren breast The labouring clouds... | |
| John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...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,...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... | |
| Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...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,...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... | |
| John Shore Baron Teignmouth - Lawyers - 1806 - 510 pages
...first marriage, and he describes the beauties of his retreat in that fine passage of his L' Allegro : Sometime walking, not unseen, By hedge-row elms, on...the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains, on whose barren breast. The lab' ring clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim, with daisies pied, Shallow brooks,... | |
| John Shore Baron Teignmouth - India - 1806 - 566 pages
...retirement after his first marriage, and he describes the beauties of his retreat in that fine passage of his L'Allegro : * Sometime walking, not unseen,...round it measures : Russet lawns, and fallows grey, \Vhere the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains, on whose barren breast, The lab* ring clouds do often... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures While the landscape round it measures* Russet lawns, and...Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains on whose harren breast The lah'ring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and... | |
| William Jones - 1807 - 452 pages
...firft marriage, and he defcribes the beauties of his retreat in that fine paflage of his L' Allegro : Sometime walking, not unseen, By hedge-row elms, on...the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains, on whose barren breast, The lab'ring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim, with daisies pied, Shallow brooks,... | |
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