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" Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close Up yonder hill the village murmur rose; There, as I passed with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came softened from below; The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that lowed... "
Studies in English, prose and poetry, ed. and annotated by H.C. Bowen - Page 88
edited by - 1876
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Sketches from Nature: Taken, and Coloured, in a Journey to Margate ..., Volume 1

George Keate - Margate (England) - 1790 - 388 pages
..."Nothing can be more beautiful than Dr. Goldsmith's description of evening in the Deserted Village. " Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close Up yonder hill the village murmur rose. There as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below : The swain responsive...
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The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...notes came soften'd from below; The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled...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...
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The Beauties of the Poets:: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry ...

English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...notes came soften'd from below; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung ; The sober herd that low'd to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled...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...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: With an Account of His Life ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...notes came soften 'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled...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...
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Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell

Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...way ; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be pass'd ! Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close,...yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled...let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ringj wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion...
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Letters to a Young Lady on a Course of English Poetry

John Aikin - Books and reading - 1806 - 346 pages
...human and animal inhabitants ! The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, T.he noisy geese that gabbled...let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wi-.id, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. His internal view of the...
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Poetry for children, selected by L. Aikin

Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...came soften'd from below : The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung ; The, sober herd that low'd to meet their young ; The noisy geese that gabbled...let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind ; And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant These all in soft confusion sought...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled...let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'iing wind, Aud the loud laugb that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion...
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The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry

Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...notes came softcn'd from below; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung ; The sober herd that low'd to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled...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 ;...
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