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...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...let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind; And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind : These all in soft confusion...

...were thy charms, sweet village! sports like these, With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to please. Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close,...; The watch-dog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade,...