...mythology. ' In that fair clime, the lonely Herdsman, stretched On the soft grans through half a summer'! day. With music lulled his indolent repose ; And, in some fit of weariness, if he, When hU own breath was silent, chanced to hear A distant slraiu, far sweeter than the sounds Which his poor...

...clime, the lonely herdsman, stretch'd On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With music lull'd his indolent repose : And, in some fit of weariness,...sounds Which his poor skill could make, his fancy fetch'd, Even from the blazing chariot of the sun, A beardless youth, who touch'da golden lute, And...

...wonderfully combined in his description, historical accuracy with poetic beauty, and philosophical spirit. In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman, stretched...indolent repose : And, in some fit of weariness, if be, When his own breath was silent, chanced to hear A distant strain, far sweeter than the sound! Which...

...exquisite passage in the " Excursion" of Wordsworth, it will lose none of its charms — WORDSWORTH. In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman stretched...soft grass, through half a summer's day, With music lull'd his iudolent repose : And in some fit of weariness, if he, When his own breath was silent, chanced...

...exquisite passage in the " Excursion" of Wordsworth, it will lose none of its charms — WORDSWORTH. In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman stretched On the soft grass, through halt' a summer's day, With music lull'd his indolent repose : And in some fit of weariness, if he,...

...neighbourhood of Torryburn, Fifeshire, in a state of comparative seclusion even from books, which, how* " In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman, stretched On the soft grass," &c. &c. The Excursion, pp. 179,180. •f- Mr Patterson revised this essay in the course of the following...

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...clune, the lonely herdsman, stretch'd On the soft grass i hrough hall a summer's day, With music lull'd his indolent repose: And, in some fit of weariness,...When his own breath was silent, chanced to hear A disiant strain, fur sweeter than the sounds U'tiich his poor skill could make, his fancy fetch'd, r,ven...

...clime, the lonely herdsman, stretch'd On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With music lull'd us Л distant strain, far sweeter than the sounds Which his poor skill could make, his fancy fetch 'd,...

...shell' to the 'choral song' of the whole universe breathing in the ear of Faith : or, as he draws — ' the lonely herdsman, stretched On the soft grass through half a summer's day,' then I realize the ardor of his admirers. and can call him from my soul — a poet ! Many of his odes...