...Deserted Village." " Sweet was the sound, when, oft at evening's close. Up yonder hill the village murmurs rose : There as I pass'd with careless steps, and slow, The mingling notes came softened from below, The swain responsive, as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd, that low'd to meet...

...— and start, and smile ! Evening sounds. — GOLDSMITH. Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close. Up yonder hill the village murmur rose. There...soften'd from below : The swain responsive as the inilk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the...

...to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past. 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 mingled notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd...

...prophetic. His versification is remarkably rlegani and sweet. SWEET was the sound, when oft at ev'ning's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There,...responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd ta meet their young ; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose...

...discordancy of imagery in these celebrated verses : — " Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There,...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 o'er the...

...of village-bells, the songs of a happy peasantry, and all those sounds ' When oft, at evening-close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingled notes came soften'd from below : The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung ; The sober herd...

...to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's cts appear, Whose bright succession decks the varied year; Whatever sweets salute the no Wow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung; The sober...

...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 to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool ; The playful children, just...

...the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose; There us I puss'd Thornhill, who, the host assured me, was hated as...Sir William, who sometimes came down to the country, low'il to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool ; The playful children just...

...come softened from below ; Tlio swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd tliat lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just lot loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that...