 How often have I blest 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, While many a pastime circled in the shade, The...  Lives of the novelists - Page 106by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Tina Neylon - Travel - 2004 - 619 pages
...sheltered cot, the cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats...shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made! Fore - A Very Special Place If you visit only one of the county's historic sites, make it Fore, which... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Collections - 2006 - 512 pages
...sheltered cot, the cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topped the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats...shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made; How often have I blessed the coming day, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their... | |
 | John Beer - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 239 pages
...cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring The hawthorn 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 play, And all the village... | |
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