...a collection of drusy crystals seven inches in diameter, and of exceeding splendour. OUR VILLAGE. ' Sweet was the sound when oft, at evening's close, ' Up yonder hill the village-murmur rose ; ' There as I pass'd, with careless steps and slow, ' Ths mingling notes came...

...Tillage-murmur rose ; ' There as I pass'd 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 their youog, ' The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, ' The playful children just...

...enters. Evening Stmnds. There as I pass'd 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 their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let...

...Village: the following description of a summer evening in the country is exceedingly pleasing : — " Sweet was the sound, when, oft at evening's close,...with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung ; The sober herd that low'd to meet...

...The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love ; The matron's glance, that would those looks reproTCv 6. Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's, close,...slow, The mingling notes came softened from below. 6. The swain, responsive as the milk-maid sung; The sober herd, that lowed to meet her young ; The...

...virtue vice obey ; This sprung some doubt of Providence's sway." From Goldsmith's " Deserted Village." " Sweet was the sound, when, oft at evening's close. Up yonder hill the village murmurs rose : There as I pass'd with careless steps, and slow, The mingling notes came softened from...

...when we seem to see and hear all the poet did. This evening I could not say, ' Sweet were the sounds when oft at evening's close Up yonder hill the village murmur rose,' for village there was none to send its murmur; but still my ear lacked not sounds which pleased it,...

...the way ; .And all his prospects bright'ning to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past. Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close,...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...

...clear from her aerial tow'r. Beattit. May Evening. Sweet was the «ound when oft at evening's close, By yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I...The mingling notes came softened from below ; The swnin responsive as the milk-maid suns, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese...

...to his edition of Gray, the confusion and discordancy of imagery in these celebrated verses : — " Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close,...yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below. The swain responsive...