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 on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim with daisies... The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 586by John Milton - 1842 - 767 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...the mower whets his sithe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Strait mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landskip round it measures, 70 Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray, Mountains on whose barren breast... | |
| Art - 1810 - 700 pages
...remark, that if Mr. John Milton proposctb to make himself merry with Russet lawns, and fallows grey Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains on...labouring clouds do often rest. Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide, Towers and battlements, &c. &c. ice, he will either find himself... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 232 pages
...us, at one glance, and, at it were, with a single dash of his pen, Russet lawns, and fallows grey. Where the nibbling flocks do stray. Mountains, on...labouring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pred, Shallow brooks and i ivers wide. The objects themselves are cheerful; for, besides having brooks,... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 308 pages
...poems, L'AIkgro, and II Penseroso. Russet lawns, and fatto-ws gi*?, Where the nibbling ftocU do tt».y, Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks and rivers wide. ^he objects themselves are cheerful; for, besides aving brooks,... | |
| John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...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 Whilst...landskip round it measures, Russet lawns, and fallows grey, Where the nibbling flocks do stray, Mountains, on whose barren breast The lab'ring clouds do... | |
| E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...eye hath caught new pleasures While the landscape round it measure*. Russet lawns, and fallows grey, Where the nibbling flocks do stray; .Mountains on whose barren breast The lab'ring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and river* wide. Towers... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...eye hath caught new pleasures While the landscape round it measures, Russet lawns, and fallows grpy, Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains on whose barren breast The lab'ring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide. Towers... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 354 pages
...shews us, at one glance, and, as it were, with a ingle dash of his pen, Russet lawns, ,nd fallows grey, Where the nibbling flocks do stray, Mountains, on...barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest; Meadws trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks and rivers wide. ¿f'he objects themselves are cheerful;... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 336 pages
...us, at one glance, and, as it were, with a single dash of his pen, Russet lawns, snd fallows grey, Where the nibbling flocks do stray, Mountains, on...barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest; Me;d«vs trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks and rivers wide. The objects themselves are cheerful... | |
| English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures : Russet lawns, and fallows gray,...flocks do stray; Mountains, on whose barren breast The lab'ring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide : Towers... | |
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