 How often have I bless'd the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...  Goldsmith's Miscellaneous Works - Page 6by Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 127 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 pages
...farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topp'd the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For...up their sports beneath the spreading tree ; While mnny a pastime circled in the shade, The youn;: contending as the old survey'd. Sweet w.is the sound,... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1852 - 344 pages
...with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blessed the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn...circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed ; And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 pages
...the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blessed the coming day, 15 When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all...circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed ; 20 And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground. And sleights of art, and feats of strength... | |
 | Class-book - 1852 - 152 pages
...neighb'ring hill ; The hawthorn-bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whisp'ring lovers made! How often have I bless'd the coming day,...free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree ! THE VILLAGE PASTOR. 95 While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old... | |
 | Thomas Nuttall - 1852 - 298 pages
...village. — "The Hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and youthful converse made! How often have I bless'd the coming day, When...free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree." PLATE XLV. A branch of the natural size. a. The germ and styles. NAKED FLOWERED HAWTHORN, OR APPLE... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 380 pages
...bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn...gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round ; And still, as each repeated pleasure tir'd, Succeeding sports the... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 332 pages
...bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ; How often have I blest the coming day When toil remitting lent its turn to...circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed, And many a gambol f rolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, George Gilfillan, Thomas Warton - 1854 - 354 pages
...two lines about Luke, &c., is Dr Johnson's composition. How often have I bless'd the coming day, 15 When toil, remitting, lent its turn to play, And all...the shade, The young contending as the old survey'd ; 20 And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...lovers made ! How often have I bless'd the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, Aud all the village train, from labour free, Led up their...survey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, Aud sleights of art and feats of strength went round; And still, as each repeated pleasure tir'd, Succeeding... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1857 - 304 pages
...farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topp'd the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush with seats beneath the shade For...gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round : And still, as each repeated pleasure tir'd, Succeeding sports the... | |
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