| John Milton - 1707 - 480 psl.
...Sheaves -^ Or if the earlier Seafon lead To the tann'd Haycock in the Mead, • Sometimes with fecure delight . .- "•" • The up-land Hamlets will invite,...the merry Bells ring round,- ; •<-*•. And the jocond rebecks found To many a Youth, and many a Maid, Dancing in the Chequer'd made } And young and... | |
| John Milton - 1713 - 454 psl.
...fecute delight The up-Ktnd Hamlers will invire, When the merry Bells ring round, And the jocond rebecks found To many a Youth, and many a Maid, Dancing in the Chequer' d fltade; And young and old come forth to play On a Sunfhiiie Holy-day, Till the live-long day-ligh:... | |
| Miscellany poems - 1716 - 426 psl.
...Sheaves; • Or if the earlier feafon lead To the tann'd Haycock in the Mead, Sometimes wjth fecure delight The up-land Hamlets will invite, When the merry Bells ring round, And the jocond rebecks found To many a youth, and many a maid, Dancing in the Chequer' d (hade ; And young... | |
| John Milton - 1753 - 418 psl.
...-jrfa To the tann'd haycock in the mead. . ••-• -;i \y& Sometimes with fecure delight .'If a 7 The upland hamlets will invite, •When the merry bells ring round, And the jocond rebecs found i To many a youth, and many a maid, Dancing in the chequer'd (hade; ;'• i .-.ari'I... | |
| Art - 1762 - 290 psl.
...the fheaves; Or if the earlier feafon lead To thetann'd haycock in the mead. Sometimes with fecure delight ,' The upland hamlets will .invite When the merry bells ring round, And the jocond rebecks found' To many a youth, and many a maid, Dancing in the chequer'd lhade; And young and... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 294 psl.
...lheaves ; Or, if the earlier feafon lead, To the tann'd haycock in the mead. Sometimes, with fecure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the...found To many a youth, and many a maid, Dancing in the chequer'd fiiade ; And young and old come forth to p!ay On a fun-mine holy-day, Till the live-long... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 288 psl.
...fheaves ; Or, if the earlier feafon lead, To the tann'd haycock in the mead. Sometimes, with fecure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecs fbund To many a youth, and many a maid, Dancing in the chequer'd fhade ; And young and old come forth... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1776 - 510 psl.
...greater or a lefs number of fyllables is made to fuit the time. Take the following example from Milton, ' When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecs...found To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the checker'd fhade. in this pafiage the third line, though confiding of ten fyJIables, is, by means of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 334 psl.
...fheaves ; Or if the earlier feafon lead To the tann'd haycock in the mead. 90 Sometimes with fecure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocond rebees found To many a youth, and many a maid, 95 Dancing in the chequer'd made ; And young... | |
| 1780 - 226 psl.
...the fheaves ; Or if the earlier feafon lead To the tann'd haycock ia the mead. Sometimes with fecure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry...found To many a youth, and many a maid, Dancing in the chequer'd ihade: 0.3 And young and old come forth to play On a funfhine holy-day, Till the live-long... | |
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