...notes came softened from below; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled...These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made. But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs...

...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...mind, — These all in sweet confusion sought the shadej And filled each pause the nightingale had made. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled,...

...close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I past with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain...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 in sweet confusion...

...close, \ Up yonder hill the village murmur rose : V There, as I past with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain...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 in sweet...

...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...let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that spake the vacant mind; These all in sweet confusion...

...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 milkmaid...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 in sweet confusion...

...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...These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made. Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still...

...notes came softened from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd, that lowed to meet the'ir young, The noisy geese, that gabbled...laugh, that spoke the vacant mind ; These all, in soft confusion, sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made Moonlight. — POPE....

...notes came softened from below ; The swain responsive to the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young ; The noisy geese that gabbled...shade And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made." The key-note of this passage is given in the first line, in the words " evening's close." For the idea...

...village murmur rose ; There as I passed, with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came softened from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid...let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought...