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... The Book of Georgian Verse - Page 223edited by - 1909 - 1313 pagesFull view - About this book
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...notes came softened from below. The swain responsive, as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young ; The noisy geese, that gabbled...These all, in sweet confusion, sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made. GOLDSMITH. VOL. I. E Jbatteg Sal, A TALE OF THE IRISH COAST-GUARD.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 416 pages
...close , 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...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 all in sweet confusion... | |
| Children's poetry - 1843 - 184 pages
...notes came softened from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young ;. The noisy geese that gabbled...These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made. GOLDSMITH. THE VILLAGE CLERGYMAN. NEAR yonder copse, where... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...yonder hill the village murmur rose. There, as I pass'd, with careless steps and slow, The mingled notes came soften'd from below: The swain responsive,...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 soft confusion... | |
| James Robert Boyd - English language - 1844 - 372 pages
...murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingled notes came soften'd frorh below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung...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 all in sweet confusion... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...notes came softened from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young ; The noisy geese that gabbled...These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pages
...close, l.'p yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There as I paiw'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below; The swain...let loose from school; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, A nd the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 290 pages
...notes came softened from below ; The swain, responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled...These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made. But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs... | |
| Book - English poetry - 1847 - 216 pages
...close, 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...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... | |
| Book - English poetry - 1847 - 206 pages
...close, 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...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... | |
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