...universal delight of old and young, and the dancing commences round it with great glee. VOL. i. (l9.) "And all the village train from labour free, Led up...circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went...

...say, the almost sympathising witness, so well does its cheerful, rustic aspect, suit the scene : — " How often have I bless'd the coming day When toil...turn to play, And all the village train, from labour frec, Ixid up their sports beneath the spreading tret ! While many a pastime circled in the shade,...

...bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made! How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn...play, And all the village train from labour free, Led 1 1 1 j their sports beneath the spreading tree ; While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young...

...cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topp'd the neighb'ring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For...talking age and whispering lovers made! How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour...

...housewives, and sulky men-folk ! THE FIRST OP MAT IN SAVANNAH. ' How oil the village train, from labor free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...pastime circled in the shade, The young contending, ai the old surveyed ; And still as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful baud...

...cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topp'd the neighh'ringhill, s, and call it a curiosity, blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train from labour...

...cultivated farm, The never failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For...age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour...

...cultivated farm, The never failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For...age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour...

...with seats beneath the shade, For talking age, and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blessed the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn...circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed." Milton describes this tree as the favourite resort of shepherds : " Every shepherd tells...

...cultivated farm. The never failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For...age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train from labour...