 | George Keate - 1790 - 388 psl.
...village murmur rose. There as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below : The swain responsive as the milkmaid...that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbl'd o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dogs' voice that... | |
 | 1800 - 322 psl.
...village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below; The swain responsive as the milk-maid...These all in soft confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 psl.
...village murmur rose; There, as I past with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below; The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung,...The 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 psl.
...village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften 'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 psl.
...village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid...The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 psl.
...village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid...playful children just 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 ;... | |
 | 1806 - 330 psl.
...village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came softcn'd from below; The swain responsive as the milk-maid...These all in soft confusion sought the shade, And lill'd each pause the nightingale had made. But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 psl.
...village murmur rose ; There, as I past with careless steps and stow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid...playful children just 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... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 psl.
...village murmur rose ! There as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below : The swain responsive as the milk-maid...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 These all... | |
 | John Aikin - 1806 - 346 psl.
...and conveying notices of all the various business going on among the human and animal inhabitants ! The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober...The playful children just 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.... | |
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The sober herd that low'd to meet their young ; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all... 
