 | George Keate - 1790 - 388 psl.
...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...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.
...last. His heav'n commences ere the world be past ! Sweet was the sound, when oft at ev'ning's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I...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 - 1800 - 192 psl.
...was the sound when oft, at ev'ning's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose; There, as I past with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came...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 sought... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 psl.
...His heaven commences ere the world be past. f Sweet was the sound, when oft at ev'ning's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I...with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften 'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 psl.
...His heaven commences ere the world be pass'd ! Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I...loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all, in sweet confusion, sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. But now the sounds... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 psl.
...last, His heav'n commences ere the world be past. Sweet was the sound, when oft at ev'ning'jj close Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I...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 sought... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 psl.
...simple flocks. FLETCHER. VILLAGE SOUNDS. « .* i SWEET was the sound, when oft at ev'ning's close Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ! There as I pass'd...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 the shacle>... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 psl.
...ev'ning's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I past with careless steps and stow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The...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 sought... | |
 | 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...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 village, with its principal... | |
 | 1806 - 330 psl.
...last, His heav'n commences ere the world be past ! Sweet was the sound, when oft at ev'ning's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I...with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came softcn'd from below; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung ; The sober herd that low'd to meet... | |
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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... 
