 Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn ; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy...  Studies from the English Poets - Page 494by George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 519 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Dawn - 1874 - 340 pages
...These were thy charms — but all these charms are fled. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn...domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain ; No more thy glassy brook reflects the day, But, choked with sedges, works its weedy way ; Along thy... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1875 - 158 pages
...These were thy charms — but all these charms are fled. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn...40 No more thy glassy brook reflects the day, But chok'd with sedges works its weedy way; Along thy glades, a solitary guest, The hollow-sounding bittern... | |
 | 1876 - 564 pages
...These were thy charms — but all these charms are fled. Sweet-smiling village, loveliest of the lawn ! Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn...domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain. No more thy glassy brook reflects the day. But, choked with sedges, works its weedy way ; Along thy... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1875 - 728 pages
...were thy charms, — but all these charms are fled ! Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, 647 Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn...domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain; No more thy glassy brook reflects the day, But, choked with sedges, works its weedy way; Along thy... | |
 | Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 pages
...acting«. 2. FROM THE DESERTED VILLAGE. /. The Village. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn;...domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain; No more thy glassy brook reflects the day, But, choked with sedges, works its weedy way; Along thy... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 pages
...These were thy charms — But all these charms are fled. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn...domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain ; No more thy glassy brook reflects the day, But, choked with sedges, works its weedy way ; Along thy... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1875 - 160 pages
...VThese were thy charms — but all these charms are fled./ Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn...domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain. No more thy glassy brook reflects the day, But chok'd with sedges works its weedy way; Along thy glades,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 pages
...These were thy charms — but all these charms are fled. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn...domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain. No more thy glassy brook reflects the day, But, choked with sedges, works its weedy way ; Along thy... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1875 - 660 pages
...the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ! Sweet-smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn...green. One only master grasps the whole domain, And halt a tillage stints thy smiling plain. No more thy glassy brook reflects the day, But, choked with... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1876 - 56 pages
...originally land or laund, now means a stretch of smooth grass in front of a house. Goldsmith uses it to Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation...reflects the day, But choked with sedges, works its weary way ; Along thy glades, a solitary guest, The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest ; express... | |
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