 | Henry Phillips - Botany - 1823 - 358 pages
...shrubbery . " berry-bearing thorns, That feed the thrush." And none should omit " The hawthorn-bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made." The double-blossomed hawthorn is certainly one of the greatest ornaments of our pleasure-grounds, whether... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighb'ring yond is all abyss, Eternity, whose end no eye can reach. Greatly instructe whisp'ring lovers made ! How often have 1 blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to... | |
 | Shropshire gazetteer - 1824 - 1028 pages
...cultivated farm, " The never-failing brook, the busy mill ; " The decent church, that tops the neighb'riug hill ; " The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, " For talking age and whisp'ring lovers made ! As a favourite resort of opulence, Meole has a large assemblage of pleasing... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - Novelists, English - 1825 - 554 pages
...the cultivated farm, — The never-failing brook, — the busy mill, — The decent church, that tops the neighbouring hill, — The hawthorn bush, with...lovers made ! « 'Come,' says he, 'let me tell you this i» no bad morning's work ; and now, my dear boy, if you are not better engaged, I should be glad to... | |
 | Albert Picket - 1825 - 272 pages
...shelter*d cot, the cultivated 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 talking age and whispering lover&inade. How often have 1 blest the coming day, When toil, remitting, lent its turn to play—... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1825 - 476 pages
...cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topp'd the neighb'ring hill, 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... | |
 | William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 pages
...shelter'd cot, the cultivated farm, The never failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church, th.it topp'd the neighbouring hill ; The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age an« whispering lovers made. SECT. VI.] READING. 196 How often have I bless'd the coming day, When... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topp'd the neighb'ring hill, 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 toil remitting lent its turn... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent (botanist.) - 1825 - 466 pages
...Goldsmith, in his Deserted Village, describes the Hawthorn in a lively manner : " The hawthorn-bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blessed the coming clay, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 300 pages
...cot, the cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, _ . The decent church that topp'd the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats...shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I bless'd the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village... | |
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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 young contending as the old... 
