| John Milton - 1782 - 40 pages
...milkmaid singeth blithe, 65 And the mower whets his sithe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landskip round it measures; 70 Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray,... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...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 The lab'ring clouds do often rest, Meadows trim with daisies pied, 75 Shallow brooks and rivers wide. Towers... | |
| Art - 1810 - 1018 pages
...Russet lawns, and fallow, grey Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains on wIn-ow barrenbreast The labouring clouds do often rest, Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, sad rivers wide, Towers and battlements, ks &c. 8cc. be will either find himself egregiousry disappointed,... | |
| John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...the milk-maid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And ev'ry shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught...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... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 216 pages
...us, at one glance, and, as it were, with a single dash of his pen, Russet lawns, and fallows grey. Where the nibbling flocks do stray, Mountains, on...Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks and Iivers wide. The objects themselves are cheerful; for, besides having brooks, meadows, and flowers,... | |
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...conveyed the same meaning as uniform does to us. '' Straight mine eye hath caught fiew pleasures, While the landscape round, it measures ; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray j 40 Mo.untai>u, »n \\hose barren breast ; The lab'rin£ clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim, with... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...milk-maid singeth blithe , And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught...round it measures, Russet lawns , and fallows gray j. Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often... | |
| John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...the milk-maid singeth 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 the landskip round it measures, Russet lawns, and fallows grey, Where the nibbling flocks do stray, Mountains,... | |
| Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...the milk-maid singeth 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 the landskip round it measures, Russet lawns, and fallows grey, Where the nibbling flocks do stray, Mountains,... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...the milk-maid singeth 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 the lar.dskip round it measures ; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ;... | |
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