...While the ploughman near at hand Whistles 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 dale. ****** And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soil Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as...

...tak of trick," " He telkth the number of the stars," and to tie wellknown passsge in V Allegro — " And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale." Tours &o., VP [VP is aware that the sense of the last quotation is disputed. — Ed.] St. Bathans,...

...hand, Whiftles ore the Furrow'd Land, And the Milkmaid fingeth blithe, And the Mower whets his lithe, And every Shepherd tells his tale Under the Hawthorn in the dale. Streit mine eye hath caught new pleafures Whilfl the Lantfkip round it meafures, 70 Ruflet Lawns, and...

...While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles 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 dale." " It was neither the proper season of the year, nor time of the day, to hear all the rural sounds,...

...dight, While the plowman neer at hand Whistles o're 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. Strait min« eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landskip round it measures ; Russet lawns, and...

...content and cheerful mirth came forth. We know that lively season When the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. And with these, and a thousand such associations as these, we cannot but feel emotions of no ordinary...

...: While the ploughman near at hand Whistles o'er the furruw'd land, And the milkmaid sinjeth blithe .And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawtborne in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures;...

...hand Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his sithe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Strait mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landskip round it measures, Russet lawns, and...

...Gosnell and Sam. Brown, churchwardens. John Rudhall feet. 1790." CUTHBEHT BEDE, BA PASSAGE IN MILTON. "And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn, in the dale." I have read with interest the " Notes " (Vol. i., pp. 286. 316.) on these lines of the Allegro; because,...

...VAllegro, upon which some ingenious criticism has been idly expended, is recalled by these lines: ' And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.' 1 That is to say,' observes Dr. Nott,' the shepherd tells the story of his passion, not counts hia...