 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...near at hand Whistles o'er the furrow'd land. And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets bis scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eyehath caught new pleasure*, Whilst the landscape round it measures, Russet lawns, and fallows grey,... | |
 | Benjamin Stillingfleet - Natural history - 1811 - 522 pages
...Spurrey, 351.7. Spergula arvensis, F. Alder, berry bearing, 465. llhamnusfrangula, F, VI. MONTH. Now the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. MILTON. June 2. Elder, mate r, 460. 1 . Viburnum Opulus, F. * Lychnis flos cuculi is called Meadow... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 596 pages
...sun, and the paler lights around it as being like clouds (62). And the milk-maid singeth blytbe, 65 And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Strait mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landscape round it measures, 70 65. The milk-maid... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...land. And die milkmaid singeth blithe, tf And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd trlls his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath cauglit new pleasure^ Whilst the landskip round it measures, 70 Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 676 pages
...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...hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasure*, Whilst the landscape round it measures: Russet lawns, and fallows grey, Where the nibbling... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the ftirrow'd land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the-dule. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landslip round it measures ; Russet... | |
 | John Milton - 1815 - 236 pages
...While the plowman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the fnrrow'd land, And the milkmaid singe{th blithe, 65 A>nd the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd...Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath canght new pleasnres, Whilst the landskip ronnd it measnres, 70 Rnsset lawns, and fallows gray, Where... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...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...hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasure;, Whilst the landskip round it measures ; Russet lawns and fallows gray, Where the nibbling... | |
 | England - 1847 - 798 pages
...reading. — It reminds me of the critical controversy respecting a passage in " L' Allegro, "— " And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale." The unsusceptible critic maintained that the shepherd did but count, or take the tale of his sheep.... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 pages
...While the ploughman, near at hand, AVhistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milk-maid siugeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd...tale, Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine Aye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landscape round it measures; Russet lawns, and fallows gray,... | |
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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 furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every... 
