...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...

...Sweet WM the sound when oft at evening's close, By yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, MI passed with careless steps and slow, The mingling...softened from below , The swain responsive as the milk-mnid sung, The sober herd that lowed to moot their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er 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 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 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 ta meet their young ; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let...

...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 young; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool; The playful children just let...

...village 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 young ; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let...

...sense. The following examples will suffice. Listen to these few lines of Goldsmith's Deserted Village. " 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...

...way ; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past ! Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close Up...yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I past with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive...

...the way ; And, all his prospects brightening 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 past with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below; The swain responsive...

...the way ; Ami, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past. d chatted on politics and Ihe news of the country. We happened, among other topics, to talk of y us I puss'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below; The swain responsive...