 The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young ; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school ; The watchdog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind, And the loud...  Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste - Page 39by Archibald Alison - 1812 - 434 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Keate - 1790 - 388 pages
...pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dogs' voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh, that spoke the vacant mind...shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made." We get another example from Mr. Whateley's description of the Tinian Lawn at Hagley. "All here is of... | |
 | 1800 - 322 pages
...o'er the pool, The playful children just 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 sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. But now... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pages
...gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just 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 sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. But... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...o'er the pool, The playful children just 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 sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. But... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all, in sweet confusion, sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale ; No busy steps the... | |
 | 1806 - 330 pages
...o'er the pool, The playful children just 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 sought the shade, And lill'd each pause the nightingale had made. But... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just 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 sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. But now... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd x j These nil in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. But... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...o'er the pool, The playful children just 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 sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. But... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...The watch dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that spoke if e vacant mind; These all in soft confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale : No busy steps the... | |
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