...How often I have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness 1 endeared each scene; How often 1 have I paused on every charm— The sheltered cot,...The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church1 that topped the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn-bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking...

...cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade....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 train, from labour...

...cultivated farm, The never-failing brook and busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade,...talking age and whispering lovers made ! How often have 1 blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from...

...please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene! How often have I paused on every charm, — The sheltered cot,...shade, For talking age, and whispering lovers, made ! 2. How often have I blessed the coming day, When toil remitting lent its aid to play, And all the...

...of these " healthful sports " we find in his " Deserted Village " : — " How often have I bless'd the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn...free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree : And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round."...

...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,...age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I bless'd the coming day,2 When toil remitting lent its turn to play, 1 Seats of my youth. — This epithet...

...; How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene ! How often have I paused on every charm ! The sheltered cot,...brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topped the neighbouring hill ; The hawthorn-bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering...

...hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ! n, How often have I blessed the coming day, When toil...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,...

...broad street, was to breathe the slow, old-world atmosphere of Goldsmith's Deserted Village : How often have I paused on every charm, The sheltered cot, the...never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering...

...often have I loitered o'er thy green Where humble happiness endeared each scene! How often have I gazed on every charm, The sheltered cot, the cultivated...brook, the busy mill, The decent Church that topped the neighb'ring Hill! I remember to this day saying to myself: "Why couldn't the fellow have written: I...