...round'. And still as each repeated pleasure tired', Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired' ; 25 The dancing pair that simply sought renown' By holding...mistrustless of his smutted face', While secret laughter tittered round the place' ; The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love' ; 30 The matron's glance,...

...went round ; And still as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired; The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain mistrust less of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter' d round the place; The bashful virgin's...

...went round. And still, as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired: The dancing pair, that simply sought renown, By holding...mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter tittered round the place, The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The matron's glance that would...

...went round. And still, as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired: The dancing pair, that simply sought renown, By holding...down ; The swain, mistrustless of his smutted face, VVhile secret laughter tittered round the place, The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The matron's...

...privileged and incorrigible Billy Bangor, and led Eva back to her place in the dance. At length, even " The dancing pair, that simply sought renown By holding out to tire each other down," gave in, and it was unanimously agreed that dancing should cease for the night. But " succeeding sports...

...And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art, and feats of strength went round; And still, as each repeated pleasure tir'd, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspir'd. (7-24) In rejecting Tillyard's label of 'poetry of direct statement' which merely reminds us of other...

...went round. And still as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired; The dancing pair that simply sought renown By holding...mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter tittered round the place, The bashful virgin's side-long looks of love, The matron's glance that would...

...survey'd; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And flights of an, and feats of strength went round. And still as each repeated pleasure tir'd, Succeeding...laughter titter'd round the place; The bashful virgin's side-long looks oflove, The matron's glance, that would those looks reprove; These were thy charms...

...went round, And still as each repeated pleasure tired, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired; The dancing pair that simply sought renown By holding...mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter tittered round the place; The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love. The matron's glance that would...

...associations. 27. In "The Deserted Village" (1770), Goldsmith describes participants in local pastimes, such as "the dancing pair that simply sought renown, / By holding out to tire each other down" (25-26). See Roger Lonsdale, ed., The New Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse (Oxford: Oxford University...