 | Universalism - 1854 - 444 pages
...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." In this mosaic of sunrise, we find, on analysis, nothing but pebbles, not a jewel, not a rose ; there... | |
 | Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1843 - 434 pages
...While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milkmaid singcth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale." These lines exhibits several instances of the mode in which Milton, a great master of rhythm, sought... | |
 | Literature - 1913 - 878 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 tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale." If I dared to be as rash as Addlson, I woqld say that this poem has for Englishmen the advantage of... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 372 pages
...nd the milkmaid singcth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale4 Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landskip round it measures ; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...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, Whilst the landskip... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 280 pages
...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, Whilst the landskip... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...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, Whilst the landskip... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...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, Whilst the landskip... | |
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - American literature - 1846 - 432 pages
...While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milk-maid singelh blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd...Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landskip round it measures; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray, Mountains,... | |
 | Margaret Thornley - Education - 1846 - 420 pages
...slumbering morn ; While the ploughman near at hand Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blythe, And the mower whets his scythe ; And every...shepherd tells his tale, Under the hawthorn in the dale." . At another time he enumerates the picturesque effects — " Now Morn, her rosy steps in th' eastern... | |
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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... 
