 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...The clouds in thousand liveries dight; 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, 4 Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...The clouds in thousand liveries dight; 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, 4 Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...The clouds in thousand liveries dight; 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 4 Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...The clouds in thousand liveries dight ; While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milk-maid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, 1 Unreproved — ie not subject to reproof, blameless, innocent. • Dappled — See note 5, p. 32.... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...The clouds in thousand liveries dight; 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,... | |
 | John Broadbent - Literary Criticism - 1973 - 364 pages
...of sound, song, dance, folk tale and pageant: 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. Where throngs of knights and barons bold,... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1879 - 456 pages
...Sees the great sun begin his state, " 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." A thorough Englishman, his eye observes... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
...remains nevertheless lighthearted in tone: While the plowman 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. There is a happy stylization here, a... | |
 | Bette Charlene Werner - English poetry - 1986 - 328 pages
...begins his state Robed in Flames & amber Light The Clouds in thousand Liveries dight While the Plowman near at hand Whistles o'er the Furrow'd Land And the...singeth blithe And the Mower whets his Scythe And every Shepherd tells his Tale Under the Hawthorn in the Dale. They are 11. 57—68 in The Works of... | |
 | Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey - Architecture - 1994 - 444 pages
...pastoral, in all the scenes of agriculture. I can truly say, Here the ploughman near at hand Whistles o er the furrow'd land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe. And the mower whets his scvthe. And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. In the village front is an... | |
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Where the great Sun begins his state Robed in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight; 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... 
