 The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school. The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled...  First collection of instructive extracts - Page 198by Scottish school-book assoc - 1852Full view - About this book
 | George Keate - Margate (England) - 1790 - 388 pages
...Up yonder hill the village murmur rose. There as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below : The swain responsive...that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbl'd o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dogs' voice that... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...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...from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below; The swain responsive...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; These... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften 'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid...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; These all in sweet confusion... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive...from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ringj wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...yonder hill the village murmur rose ! There as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below : The swain responsive...from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind ; And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant These all in soft confusion sought the shacle>... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I past with careless steps and stow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive...from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'iing wind, Aud the loud laugb that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought... | |
 | John Aikin - Books and reading - 1806 - 346 pages
...and conveying notices of all the various business going on among the human and animal inhabitants ! The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober...school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wi-.id, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. His internal view of the village, with its principal... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came softcn'd from below; The swain responsive as the milk-maid...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 ;... | |
 | John Aikin - Books and reading - 1807 - 320 pages
...and conveying notices of all the various business going on among the human and animal inhabitants ! The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober...their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the poo], The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering... | |
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